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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The Five Stages of Brain Development Jan 28, 2026

Researchers now suggest that the human brain goes through five distinct phases of development over the course of a lifetime. 1. Childhood, from birth to age 9, during which time the brain is continually pruning away haphazardly created synaptic conne... Read More

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Soy Vey! Jan 21, 2026

Soybean oil is the most widely consumed cooking oil (more than 50%) in the United States and a ubiquitous ingredient in processed foods. A new study by researchers at the University of California, Riverside, now suggests it contributes to obesity, at... Read More

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More Evidence Bald Men Are Useless Jan 14, 2026

New research shows that hair can capture a chemical record of human exposure across days, week and even months. Writing in the journal Chemical Research in Toxicology, scientists at the University of Texas analyzed snippets of hair and found that for... Read More

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Cities Where People Spend the Most and Least on Health Care Jan 07, 2026

There's a reason "health" and "wealth" rhyme. They may be the same thing. The personal finance company WalletHub issued its latest survey of cities where people spend the most and least on health care. The company analyzed prices of five key health c... Read More