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A Journey Into the Brain
Danielle Gerhard, PhD
| Mar 22, 2024
| 10+ min read
With the help of directed evolution, scientists inch closer to developing viral vectors that can cross the human blood-brain barrier to deliver gene therapy.
CRISPR Gene Drives and the Future of Evolution
Hannah Thomasy, PhD
| Mar 15, 2024
| 10+ min read
Genetic engineering pioneer Kevin Esvelt’s work highlights biotechnology’s immense potential for good—but also for catastrophe.
Yeast Made to Harvest Light Hint at Evolution’s Past
Kamal Nahas, PhD
| Feb 21, 2024
| 6 min read
Scientists transferred light-harvesting proteins into yeast for the first time, shining a light on the past lives of eukaryotic cells.
What Made Human Brains So Big?
Ashley Yeager
| May 24, 2018
| 2 min read
Ecological challenges such as finding food and creating fire may have led the organ to become abnormally large, a new computer model suggests.
Top 7 in Ecology
Bob Grant
| Dec 6, 2011
| 3 min read
A snapshot of the most highly ranked articles in ecology, from Faculty of 1000
Magnetic Swimmers Cultured
Tia Ghose
| Dec 22, 2011
| 3 min read
For the first time, researchers culture a bacteria that uses a magnetic sulfide compound to navigate.
Book Excerpt from
When Brains Dream
Robert Stickgold and Antonio Zadra
| Dec 1, 2020
| 8 min read
Ferreting out the biological function of dreaming is a frontier in neuroscience.
The Gravity of Life
Rob Dunn
| Jun 1, 2011
| 3 min read
Whose well-being is threatened by our changing relationship with the myriad organisms that shaped the evolution of our species?
An Unlichenly Pair
Hannah Waters
| Aug 1, 2011
| 3 min read
A young botanist pays tribute to his mentor by naming a newly discovered, rare species in his honor.
New Caledonian Crows Build Tools From Mental Images, Not Lessons
Sukanya Charuchandra
| Jun 29, 2018
| 2 min read
When it comes to tool making, the birds learn differently than humans.
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