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NETWATCH edited by Mitch Leslie I M A G E S N E T N E W S Parasite Portfolio Einstein for the Masses The fluke Notocotylus notocotylus (left) lurks in the guts of Readers flummoxed by Einstein’s special theory of relativity might rodents, pilfering its host’s nutrients, whereas the tapeworm soon get help, thanks to an Internet challenge. To mark the 100th Lacistorhynchus tenuis (above) latches onto a shark’s intestine for anniversary of Einstein’s achievement, the Italian company Pirelli, its dinner. You can meet them and scores more body invaders at which runs an annual Web site contest, is offering a prize for the Parasites and Parasitological Resources, created by biologist best 5-minute multimedia presentation that makes special relativ- Peter Pappas of Ohio State University in Columbus. ity intelligible to a general audience. Entries are due by 15 March The atlas displays 550-odd images of more than 180 2005, and the winner, to be announced next summer, will pocket species, from bedbugs to flesh-boring worms, and offers €25,000 (about $30,000). Get more details here: tidbits on the creatures’ habits. You can learn the details /einstein.html of parasite anatomy by studying the collection of