Mindy Weisberger is a science writer and media producer whose work has appeared in Live Science, Scientific American and How It Works magazine.

In this excerpt from "Rise of the Zombie Bugs" (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2025), author Mindy Weisberger examines the very grizzly end for worker ants that get zombiefied by the decapitating ...

Science writer Mindy Weisberger speaks to Live Science about the parasites that turn their hosts — whether ant, beetle or caterpillar — into zombie-like puppets that act against their own ...

The flu is a contagious viral infection of the respiratory system that affects the nose, throat and lungs. It is caused by influenza viruses. Symptoms of mild flu infections can resemble those of ...

McKenna famously adapted the story from Lauren Weisberger’s bestselling novel, itself inspired by the author’s time working for Vogue editor Anna Wintour. So far, there’s been no word on ...

A 33-year-old Key Largo man was arrested Tuesday for the murder of a 43-year-old Upper Keys woman who was found in a resort hotel room. Dylan Lamb was charged with murder. The sheriff’s office ...

A 71-year-old man riding on an electric bicycle died after he collided with a truck at MM 99 in Key Largo on Sunday evening. According to Florida Highway Patrol, the man on the bicycle was traveling ...

Brandel Chamblee thinks Rory McIlroy has his best chance yet of winning The Masters but believes Augusta National is the “nemesis” that brings out the Northern Irishman’s worst golf.

Understanding the dual nature of chemistry and its related scientific discoveries and emerging technologies is central to the effective implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention. Human history ...