Contributors
| December 1, 2012
Meet some of the people featured in the December 2012 issue of The Scientist.
| December 1, 2012
Meet some of the people featured in the December 2012 issue of The Scientist.
A new show at New York’s Museum of Art and Design celebrates olfaction and the science behind modern perfume making.
A type of scallop expels water and waste through a sort of cough that could reveal clues about water quality.
Using satellite data, researchers calculate that mountain pine beetle infestations raise summertime temperatures in British Columbia’s pine forests by 1 degree Celsius.
Brain scans of rap artists taken during improvised performances provide a snapshot of creative flow.
Decades can pass between the discovery of a new animal or plant and its official debut in the scientific literature.
An all-female species, distantly related to flatworms, steals all of genetic material it needs to diversify its genome.
Continued overfishing of forage fish such as sardines and herring can result in devastating ecological and economic outcomes.
Successive awakening of soil microbes drives a huge pulse of CO2 following the first rain after a dry summer.
Snapshots from an annual meeting that celebrates the birth of a prominent biologist