Contributors
| March 1, 2013
Meet some of the people featured in the March 2013 issue of The Scientist.
| March 1, 2013
Meet some of the people featured in the March 2013 issue of The Scientist.
A reexamination of the facts surrounding the death of Cleopatra VII reveals that the Egyptian queen was murdered—and not by an asp.
During development, communication between organs determines their relative final size.
Scientist? Filmmaker? Alexis Gambis welcomes both labels.
A team of physics students in the U.K. have worked out that spider silk could be strong and tough enough to stop a moving train.
A new play explores the mind of the father of modern physics through his interactions—factual and imagined—with a curmudgeonly colleague.
A new journal that publishes peer review comments alongside its manuscripts goes live.
Why so few scientists make the leap to policy-making positions, and why more should give it a try
Globally, 15-year-old girls outscored boys in 43 of the 65 countries tested.