About Scott LaFee

Scott LaFee

Scott LaFee

Scott LaFee is a viviparous, omnivorous, longitudinally symmetrical carbon-based male biped and staff member of The San Diego Union-Tribune. Since 1992, he has been the chief writer for Quest, the paper's award-winning weekly science section, where he covers all manner of scientific news and features, from the inner workings of the brain to the physical nature of "nothingness" -- the stuff between stuff.

LaFee has written two syndicated columns for Creators. Archives of Eureka! can be found here. Or read Wellnews  - new releases weekly.  

He is married with two young sons, whom he coaches in soccer and swimming when not explaining why dead spiders' legs curl up (failed hydraulics) or how 8 feet of DNA can be squeezed into every cell (very carefully).

LaFee lives in La Mesa, Calif., with his hominid family and their several nonhuman pets: two tortoises, three fire-bellied toads, a rat, a rabbit and a dog named Dave.

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GLP One Less for the Road Nov 26, 2025

Apart from their widely celebrated effect at weight loss and diabetes management, GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy might also reduce alcohol use. In a pilot study published in Scientific Reports, researchers found that GLP-1 agonists (which mimic ... Read More

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Frozen Eggs Are Hot Nov 19, 2025

More American women than ever are freezing their eggs in anticipation of future use, but very few ever return to thaw those eggs in hopes of getting pregnant. The number of planned elective oocyte cryopreservation, or egg-freezing, cycles across the ... Read More

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Apple of My I Nov 12, 2025

Over the last decade, Apple has regularly increased the number of health-related features on its popular smartwatch. Aside from the now-pedestrian ability to count steps, the Apple Watch purportedly can spot possible atrial fibrillation (an irregular... Read More

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This Is One List, Safe to Say Nov 05, 2025

With Google and artificial intelligence, it's easy to make lists. Lots of people do, to varying effect. WalletHub, a personal finance company, produces a lot of them, though it appears to comb through large datasets for telltale tidbits to create the... Read More