December 2012's selection of notable quotes
The poxvirus stockpiles genes when it needs to adapt.
Nominated as a write-in candidate as a protest against the anti-science incumbent, famed naturalist Charles Darwin won 4,000 congressional votes in a Georgia county.
In Chapter 2, "Consequences and Evolution: The Cause That Works Backwards," author Susan M. Schneider places evolutionary theory in terms of the science of consequences.
New noninvasive methods of selecting the most viable embryo could revolutionize in vitro fertilization.
| November 1, 2012
Meet some of the people featured in the November 2012 issue of The Scientist.
Enhancing data collection from emulsion PCR reactions: three case studies
Two-tone fluorescent tags track the movement and life span of proteins within living cells.
Large RNA-protein packets use a novel mechanism to escape the cell nucleus.