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Science in Pictures

AuthorScott LaFee
Date

June 23, 2025

A trichinella cyst is depicted in pork muscle. Trichinella is a parasitic worm known to cause trichinosis, an intestinal infection that, untreated, can progress to serious inflammation of the heart and lungs.

Image courtesy of Nathan P. Myhrvold, Modernist Cuisine.