Nico writes: “Attached is my ‘science’ tattoo: the molecule resveratrol. Found in red wine, I wrote my dissertation on its potential biochemical attributes as a metastatic breast cancer preventative. Then I got out of research to learn how to make wine. That’s what I do now. I think it’s better to make wine than study it.”

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Originally published January 16, 2009. Copyright 2009 Carl Zimmer.