The insect-inspired dance by choreographer Paul Taylor strikes the perfect balance between six-legged realism and artistic fancy.
The insect-inspired dance by choreographer Paul Taylor strikes the perfect balance between six-legged realism and artistic fancy.
Professor, Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology. Age: 40
Scientists are using genetic techniques to target diseases that affect how we see, hear, smell, taste, and feel.
Microbes affect weight loss; dozens of cancer-linked genes identified; a climate change scientists speaks out about personal attacks; isolation among elderly linked to death
Microbial changes in the gut contribute to a patient’s ability to slim down after gastric bypass surgery.
T-cells engineered to attack B-cells sent adults’ acute leukemia into remission.
A Portuguese professor explores the poisons and potions of opera.
Venom-based drugs for pain; microbes in the deep ocean; altruistic, suicidal bacteria; a call for open access; clinical sequencing; the newest genomes
Does the preference of many scientists to only hear talks from successful institutions limit the reach of innovation?
Researchers show that a bacterium’s self-sacrifice can benefit its community, even when the members are not strongly related.