So You’re Famous—Don’t Panic

By Michelle Lavery. Once upon a time, I published a paper about rock snot and ended up talking about shag carpeting on the evening news. Shall I explain?My first publication dealt with a species of algae known as Didymosphenia geminata, commonly known as “rock snot.”
It had previously been considered an invasive species, and was worrying a lot of people involved in the salmon fishery on the east coast of Canada. Read more...