Wrinkled skin on our fingers after long soaks in water may have made human ancestors more dexterous with aquatic tasks.
Wrinkled skin on our fingers after long soaks in water may have made human ancestors more dexterous with aquatic tasks.
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?
Screen-based technologies show promise for autism intervention—but research is still needed to evaluate both the benefits and the possible negative effects.
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
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.
A type of scallop expels water and waste through a sort of cough that could reveal clues about water quality.