Life's Ratchet, The Annotated and Illustrated Double Helix, The Fractalist and Hallucinations
Life's Ratchet, The Annotated and Illustrated Double Helix, The Fractalist and Hallucinations
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 rise of copulation as a vertebrate reproductive strategy may have driven crucial evolutionary change and explosive species radiation.
The science images and videos that captured our attention in 2012
Fungi in 100 million year-old seafloor sediments could possess novel antibiotics.
Find the perfect present for the dedicated (or budding) scientists in your life
Two species of songbirds pack their nests with scavenged cigarette butts that repel irksome parasites.
In the introduction to his latest book, renowned naturalist George Schaller describes the evolving role of the field biologist through the lens of his experiences with Himalayan wildlife.
| December 1, 2012
Meet some of the people featured in the December 2012 issue of The Scientist.