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The Skin We’re In
Robert Norman | May 1, 2014 | 3 min read
Beneath maladies of the skin lie psychosocial stigma and pain.
Capsule Reviews
Bob Grant | May 1, 2014 | 3 min read
Madness and Memory, Promoting the Planck Club, The Carnivore Way, and The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons
Future Minded
Michio Kaku | Apr 1, 2014 | 3 min read
Imagine consciousness traveling at the speed of light.
Capsule Reviews
Bob Grant | Apr 1, 2014 | 3 min read
Cancer Virus, A Window on Eternity, Murderous Minds, and The Extreme Life of the Sea
Dissecting Consciousness
Michio Kaku | Mar 31, 2014 | 1 min read
Theoretical physicist Michio Kaku describes his new theory of consciousness.
Is Earth Special?
David Waltham | Mar 1, 2014 | 3 min read
Reconsidering the uniqueness of life on our planet
Capsule Reviews
Bob Grant | Mar 1, 2014 | 3 min read
The Sixth Extinction, Joy, Guilt, Anger, Love, Ha! The Science of When we Laugh and Why, and Ten Thousand Birds
Book Excerpt from Lucky Planet
David Waltham | Feb 28, 2014 | 3 min read
In the book's prologue, author David Waltham compares a fictitious planet to Earth, highlighting the biologically supportive luck that our planet has enjoyed.
Capsule Reviews
Bob Grant | Feb 1, 2014 | 3 min read
Me, Myself, and Why, RedDevil 4, Neanderthal Man, and Science from Sight to Insight
Book Excerpt from Buddhist Biology
David P. Barash | Jan 31, 2014 | 4 min read
In Chapter 1, “A Science Sutra,” author David Barash describes how the ancient philosophy might form the perfect link between science and religion.
Evolution’s Stowaways
Alan de Queiroz | Jan 1, 2014 | 3 min read
Terrestrial mammals, carnivorous plants, and even burrowing reptiles have spread around the globe by braving the seven seas. These chance ocean crossings are rewriting the story of Earth’s biogeography.
Fantastical Fish, circa 1719
Abby Olena, PhD | Jan 1, 2014 | 2 min read
A collection of colorful drawings compiled by publisher Louis Renard sheds light on eighteenth-century science.
Capsule Reviews
Bob Grant | Jan 1, 2014 | 3 min read
Are Dolphins Really Smart?, Newton's Football, Outsider Scientists, and We Are Our Brains
Book Excerpt from The Monkey’s Voyage
Alan de Queiroz | Dec 31, 2013 | 4 min read
In Chapter 7, “The Green Web,” author Alan de Queiroz describes the evolutionary journey taken by a South American species of sundew plant.
Renard's Menagerie
Abby Olena, PhD | Dec 31, 2013 | 1 min read
Some of the fantastical marine life depicted in a rare, 18th-century book
Capsule Reviews
Bob Grant | Dec 1, 2013 | 3 min read
Tigers Forever, High Moon Over the Amazon, Earth from Space, and Medicine's Michelangelo
Contributors
Abby Olena, PhD | Nov 1, 2013 | 3 min read
Meet some of the people featured in the November 2013 issue of The Scientist.
Chance and Necessity
Sean B. Carroll | Nov 1, 2013 | 3 min read
War and justice brought together two of the greatest minds of the 20th century, a scientist and a writer.
Capsule Reviews
Bob Grant | Nov 1, 2013 | 4 min read
Tracks and Shadows, The Gap, The Cure in the Code, and An Appetite for Wonder
Book Excerpt from Brave Genius
Sean B. Carroll | Oct 31, 2013 | 4 min read
In Chapter 20, “On the Same Path,” author Sean Carroll describes the initial meeting between Nobel Laureates Jacques Monod and Albert Camus.