Features
Are Cancer Stem Cells Ready for Prime Time?
Suling Liu, Hasan Korkaya, and Max S. Wicha | Apr 1, 2012
A flood of new discoveries has refined our definition of cancer stem cells. Now it’s up to human clinical trials to test if they can make a difference in patients.
Deliberating Over Danger
The Scientist Staff | Apr 1, 2012
The creation of H5N1 bird flu strains that are transmissible between mammals has thrown the scientific community into a heated debate about whether such research should be allowed and how it should be regulated.
Best Places to Work Postdocs, 2012
Sabrina Richards | Apr 2, 2012
Much has changed in the last 10 years for postdocs, who are staying in their positions longer than ever before—and coming out with more to show for it.
Editorial
Agents Provocateurs
Agents Provocateurs
Asking pointed questions is a key part of the scientific process.
Speaking of Science
Speaking of Science
Speaking of Science
April 2012's selection of notable quotes
Notebook
Marked for Life
Marked for Life
Conservationists working in Madagascar are doing the unthinkable—defacing the shells of endangered ploughshare tortoises—but it may be the animals’ last hope.
Microscopy Boot Camp
Microscopy Boot Camp
A researcher in Florida changes lives by showing struggling 20-somethings the ins and outs of life in the lab.
Robo Rat
Robo Rat
More-realistic whiskered robots are better able to navigate dark or dusty environments, while providing insights into rodent sensory processing.
Bushmeat Roulette
Bushmeat Roulette
Pathogens lurk in illegal wildlife products confiscated at US airports.
Critic at Large
Reading Into the Future
Reading Into the Future
Will traditional scientific journals follow newspapers into oblivion?
