Articles by Aggie Mika

More-sophisticated structures lend new insight into how Zika attacks the developing brain.

Healthy siblings of people with the condition harbor more cohesive connections within certain brain networks.

Industry professionals make more than academic researchers, but for professors, it may not be about the money.

An overview of this year's results in graphical form

New evidence suggests e-cigarettes are not without risks to human health, but can be useful in getting people to kick their smoking habit.

By simulating the structure and composition of Mars’s rocky materials, scientists observe how the metal-eating, extreme environment–inhabiting microbe Metallosphaera sedula could alter extraterrestrial environments.

From their smaller size and fewer tentacles, nettle jellyfish inhabiting the Chesapeake Bay are noticeably different from their ocean-dwelling counterparts, prompting scientists to classify the two as different species.

In children’s brain scans, scientists uncovered signs of multiple sclerosis before the kids showed any symptoms of the disease.

The artist discusses music as a means to get kids excited about science, and the inspiration he took from astrophysics and polar bears.

Meet some of the people featured in the October 2017 issue of The Scientist.

The 38-year-old synthetic biologist comes from a long line of tinkerers and engineers.

The battle for the control of the intellectual property surrounding CRISPR-Cas9 is as storied and nuanced as the technology itself.

Roger Hendrix, a microbiologist at the University of Pittsburgh, contributed key insights on bacteriophage structure and evolution.  

Scientific misconduct motivated Yoshihiro Sato’s three additional retractions last month; his institution doesn’t respond. 

In animal fossils dating back millions of years, researchers detect traces of a glycan once synthesized by ancestral human lineages.