Why scientists are so near and yet so far from being able to cryopreserve organs
Why scientists are so near and yet so far from being able to cryopreserve organs
As wolves became domesticated, their genes adapted to a starch-rich diet of human leftovers.
Bamboo sharks still developing in their egg cases respond to a predator presence by ceasing movement and even breathing.
Carl Woese, the discoverer of the third domain of life, has passed away at age 84.
There's a lot more than dirt to the soil in which plants grow.
Scientists studying the Arctic Ocean aboard a US Coast Guard icebreaker discover one of the largest phytoplankton blooms ever recorded—beneath sea ice.
Patterns of cell death aid in the formation of beneficial wrinkles during the development of bacterial biofilms.
In the final chapter of his book on the origins of vertebrate sex, author and paleontologist John Long pays homage to the humble placoderm, which got the erotic ball rolling.
Scientists set up a stakeout to track the movements of microbes around a new hospital.
| January 1, 2013
Meet some of the people featured in the January 2013 issue of The Scientist.