Since The Conversation Canada launched in mid-2017, we have published about 2,500 articles and featured the work of more than 2,000 authors. This week, we passed an impressive milestone: the collective works of one of our authors has attracted more than one million readers. Thomas Merritt is a geneticist and a professor of chemistry and biochemistry at Laurentian University. Since writing his first article for us in the summer of 2017 about the dangers of male bias in science labs, Thomas has helped explain the wonders of fruit flies, why some people are born left-handed, the importance of scientific curiosity and, most recently, the biology of coffee. His work has been translated into French, Spanish and other languages -- meaning his knowledge on science has spread across the world via the global network of The Conversation. 

For your weekend reading pleasure, a retrospective on the work of our most-read author.

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