Sofia Caetano Avritzer

AAAS Mass Media Fellow

Sofia Caetano Avritzer is the 2025 AAAS Mass Media Fellow with Science News. She has a Ph.D. in neuroscience from The Rockefeller University, where she studied how fruit flies move their eyes and navigate the world.

All Stories by Sofia Caetano Avritzer

  1. Paleontology

    Zombifying fungi have been infecting insects for 99 million years

    Two bits of amber discovered in a lab basement hold ancient evidence of a fungi famous for controlling the minds of its victims.