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Homoeolabus analis, known generally as the leaf-rolling weevil or oak leaf rolling weevil, is a species of leaf-rolling weevil in the family of beetles known as Attelabidae. It is found in North America. It is often preyed upon by the obligate egg predator and nest thief Thief Weevil.This weevil creates a place for young to hatch and pupate in a rather complicated process that results in a tightly rolled cylinder made from a leaf.

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This week Bobbi Conner talks with Dr. Michael Field about the benefits and challenges of using wearable or smart devices to monitor heart rate and rhythm. Dr. Field is a Professor in the College of Medicine and he’s a cardiologist and heart rhythm expert who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of atrial fibrillation at MUSC.

This week Bobbi Conner talks with Dr. Janelle Wagner about behavioral health research in pediatric epilepsy. Dr. Wagner is a Research Associate Professor in the College of Nursing and Pediatrics, and she’s a Pediatric Psychologist at MUSC.

The strings of stringed instruments—violins, violas, cellos, basses, guitars, and harps—may be made of steel, nylon or other synthetics, or of gut. Often…

I’m grateful for advances in neuroscience, and for many reasons glad that every day we know more about how the brain works. But for all the studies of…

A word of advice today for non-musicians reading program notes in concert programs: If the program notes are heavy on technical analysis and are loaded with terms like modulation, inversion, augmentation, diatonic intervals, chromatic progression, modified sonata form, what have you… ignore them.

On this first episode of Spoleto Backstage for 2021, host Bradley Fuller is joined by Geoff Nuttall, the Charles E. and Andrea L. Volpe Director of Chamber Music for Spoleto Festival USA, to discuss returning to the chamber music series after the cancellation of last year's festival. Then we hear the first concert from this year's series as the St. Lawrence String Quartet performs Franz Joseph Hayden's String Quartet, op. 76 no. 4 "Sunrise."

“D” is for Daniels, David Carlton (b. 1966). Countertenor.

“E” is for Edelman, Marion Wright (b. 1939). Lawyer, civil rights and children’s rights advocate.