Skip to content
the smart set

Author: Jennifer Fisher Wilson

Jennifer Fisher Wilson is the science reporter for Annals of Internal Medicine. Her stories are available at www.annals.org.
§

05/06/2011

Take Two Hookworms and Call Me in the Morning

Life without hookworms

by Jennifer Fisher Wilson

§

03/16/2011

A Model Body

When artists and doctors work together, both sides win.

by Jennifer Fisher Wilson

§

02/17/2011

A Tear

The secret messages of smells.

by Jennifer Fisher Wilson

§

10/14/2009

Getting the Green Light

Has gene therapy's day arrived?

by Jennifer Fisher Wilson

§

06/04/2009

Aging Stressfully

New research explores how your mental state affects the length of your physical one.

by Jennifer Fisher Wilson

§

03/05/2009

Experimental Nonfiction

Science can't solve the mystery of life, but it can make it a lot more fascinating.

by Jennifer Fisher Wilson

§

01/22/2009

A Sense of Loss

Trying to understand the slippery slope behind weight gain.

by Jennifer Fisher Wilson

§

12/15/2008

Wintry Mix

The science behind the season's multiple maladies.

by Jennifer Fisher Wilson

§

11/14/2008

A Hairy Predicament

Our centuries-old relationship with lice is more complicated that you'd think.

by Jennifer Fisher Wilson

§

07/28/2008

Got Gout?

More and more people do. Why?

by Jennifer Fisher Wilson

§

Posts navigation

Older posts
  • Support the Smart Set
  • Submissions
  • Contributors
  • Contact Us

the smart set is an online magazine covering culture and ideas, arts and science, global and national affairs- everything from literature to shopping, medicine to sports, philosophy to food. The Smart Set strives to present big ideas on the small, the not-so small, and the everyday. >>

The Smart Set is published and supported by the Pennoni Honors College at Drexel University. Learn more about PHC >>

Subscribe

Get our latest stories in your inbox, weekly

follow us:

or try…

advice animals art book review books childhood comics cooking culture death family feminism film food gender health history language life literature love money movies museums music nature painting philadelphia philosophy photography poetry politics race reading religion science sex technology television travel war women writing
  • Conversations
  • Ideas
    Like a headache, with pictures.
  • Journeys
  • Archive