Your finger is farther from your nose than your brain. So when your finger touches your nose, why do both organs feel the sensation at the same time?

Carl Zimmer’s blog, “The Loom,” often features pictures of readers’ science tattoos. Is he hiding any himself?

From parasites that alter our brain chemistry to a deadly organism decimating Sudan, the “Parasite Rex” author introduces the creatures that make themselves at home in our bodies.

Science writer Carl Zimmer has had a species of tapeworm named after him. It’s an honor, he says, that almost everyone on earth could conceivably share.

Could deadly viruses’ rapid evolution be turned against them? And could we ever control the pace of our own evolution?

MIT students now generate their own strains of e coli for class projects. But synthetic biology is about to get a whole lot bigger.

Everyone knows we have hereditary viruses in our genome. What scientists are just learning is how many there are—and how many we’ve come to depend on.

Anytime the government gets involved with private sector activity, with economic activity, there is going to be a distortion of the market that can cause a problem.

Wallison says the Obama administration believes average Americans are too stupid to know what they should and shouldn’t buy.

Wallison notes that unregulated entities, like hedge funds, fared much better in the crisis.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac grew too big to fail thanks to policies made possible by a labyrinth of Beltway connections.

Wallison argues that it was we will never be able to eliminate moral hazard from banking simply because the banks are backed by the government.

A conversation with the financial policy fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.

Comics, being one of the most democratic art forms around, have long been a powerful agent for social change, so why is the medium becoming so dry and complacent in […]

Kupperman advises having other skills to fall back on since the industry barely rewards talent.

Kupperman’s unusual height made him conspicuous to the point of discomfort.

Kupperman regrets dropping his pen name and may take up another.

Despite being called the funniest man on the planet by Conan O’Brien, Kupperman says he wished he hadn’t become a comedian.

Although he might be prickly, Kupperman would still love to break bread with the best-known Marx brother.

Tony Millionaire, an old school illustrator, still inspires Kupperman.

We keep advancing in terms of technology, but much of our modern art doesn’t compare with what creatives produced in days gone by.

Kupperman tosses ideas out to his following and is impressed by the tweets that bounce back.

When Kupperman’s unflattering depiction of his employer is discovered by his muse, a hilarious scene ensues.

Like most media types, Cartoonists can barely eke out a living these days.

Kupperman’s “anti-characters” are born of the absurd.

A conversation with the cartoonist, comedian and author.

A self-described late bloomer, Kupperman fell into being a comic illustrator one scribble at a time.

The market’s panic wasn’t due to the institution’s bankruptcy; it was more about the government’s response a week later.

We need to study the connection between the financial markets and the monetary policy itself, says economist John Taylor.