Deciphering Signal from Noise—Love from Fear Photo by Nicolas Houdayer You might say I was righteously scared into my curiosity and passion for biology, since my science teacher, Mr. Gibson, was able to frighten a 12-year-old boy who had been working on his elementary school rap sheet for a few years at that point, gaining the attention of every teacher at the school by spending countless hours in the principal’s office. Mr. Gibson was a middle-aged man with thick, curly ligh