Researchers develop two small molecules that slow the growth of human cancer cells.
Researchers develop two small molecules that slow the growth of human cancer cells.
Physicist-turned-oncologist Robert Austin argues that cancer is a natural consequence of our rapid evolution.
Researchers track the evolution of HIV in a single patient to understand what drives the production of broadly neutralizing antibodies.
New studies of tadpole shrimp and other organisms show that the term “living fossil” is inaccurate and misleading.
Intrepid Norwegian explorers discovered the Antarctic icefish, a marvel of evolution, while venturing to an island at the bottom of the Earth in 1927.
A bizarre group of Antarctic fishes lost their red blood cells but survived to tell their evolutionary tale, revealing a fundamental lesson about the birth and death of genes.
In Chapter 3, “Tamping the Simian Urge,” author Travis Rayne Pickering contrasts the brute physicality of predatory chimpanzees with the headier hunting style employed by humans.
Advances in genomics and cancer biology will alter the design of human cancer studies.
Leopold, The Drunken Botanist, Beautiful Whale, and Between Man and Beast
| April 1, 2013
Meet some of the people featured in the April 2013 issue of The Scientist.