A proposal to simulate all of Earth’s ecosystems is exposing a rift between small and big ecology.
A proposal to simulate all of Earth’s ecosystems is exposing a rift between small and big ecology.
The heat emanating from large metropolitan areas may be changing weather patterns thousands of miles away.
Stomachs of flesh-eating flies carry the DNA of animals in remote rainforests.
Doctors turn to good microbes to fight disease. Will the same strategy work with crops?
Using laboratory information management systems (LIMS) to automate and streamline laboratory tasks: three case studies
The science images and videos that captured our attention in 2012
Researchers find that a deadly SARS-like virus can infect bat and pig cells, as well as humans.
Fungi in 100 million year-old seafloor sediments could possess novel antibiotics.
Two species of songbirds pack their nests with scavenged cigarette butts that repel irksome parasites.
| December 1, 2012
Meet some of the people featured in the December 2012 issue of The Scientist.