Contributors
October 1, 2012
Meet some of the people featured in the October 2012 issue of The Scientist.
October 1, 2012
Meet some of the people featured in the October 2012 issue of The Scientist.
Advice on authoring a textbook, popular nonfiction, or even a novel
The biological and social ramifications of skin pigmentation are too often ignored by scientists, teachers, and the general public.
In his latest book, author John Coates describes the tension and exultation of the trading floor from a biological perspective.
Wired for Story, Dreamland, Homo Mysterious, and Vagina
Using scientific information as narrative can be a powerful way to communicate.
A review of the new book Curious Behavior, which delves into the quirks of human conduct.
Gifts of the Crow, What the Robin Knows, The Unfeathered Bird, and America’s Other Audubon
Evolving, The Moral Molecule, Aping Mankind, and Experiment Eleven
| July 1, 2012
In Chapter , "Genes, Freaks, DNA," author Sam Kean draws parallels between the lives of Gregor Mendel and Johannes Friedrich Miescher, who both made scientific discoveries that were truly ahead of their times.