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Engineering the Microbiome: CRISPR Leads the Way
Mariella Bodemeier Loayza Careaga, PhD
| Mar 15, 2024
| 10+ min read
Scientists have genetically modified isolated microbes for decades. Now, using CRISPR, they intend to target entire microbiomes.
Yeast Made to Harvest Light Hint at Evolution’s Past
Kamal Nahas, PhD
| Feb 21, 2024
| 6 min read
Scientists transferred light-harvesting proteins into yeast for the first time, shining a light on the past lives of eukaryotic cells.
The Skin Battery
Sally Adee
| Mar 1, 2023
| 4 min read
The “wound current” has intrigued scientists for more than a century. It could turn out to be the key to healing catastrophic injuries.
Opinion: Zoology’s Racism Problem
David Bainbridge
| Sep 1, 2020
| 3 min read
A new book explores the history of scientists’ efforts to classify living things.
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.
Lords of the Fly, circa 1910
Dan Cossins
| Sep 1, 2013
| 3 min read
In a cramped lab overflowing with fruit flies, Thomas Hunt Morgan and his protégés made the discoveries that laid the foundations of modern genetics.
Book excerpt from
Everyday Practice of Science
Frederick Grinnell
| Jan 31, 2011
| 3 min read
In Chapter 3, “Credibility: Validating Discovery Claims,” author Frederick Grinnell details the difficulty in making discoveries that buck current scientific paradigms.
What’s Next for Ancient DNA Studies After the Nobel?
Mary Prendergast,
The Conversation
| Oct 5, 2022
| 4 min read
The award highlights tremendous opportunities for aDNA as well as challenges related to rapid growth, equity, and misinformation.
On the Other Hand
Bob Grant
| Sep 1, 2014
| 10+ min read
Handedness, a conspicuous but enigmatic human trait, may be shared by other animals. What does it mean for evolution and brain function?
Genome Spotlight: C-fern (
Ceratopteris richardii
)
Christie Wilcox, PhD
| Sep 22, 2022
| 5 min read
Sequences for the model organism and two of its kin reveal how these plants got their oversized genomes.
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