January 2019

Cannabis on Board

Research suggests ill effects of cannabinoids in the womb

Features

Cities Can Serve as Cauldrons of Evolution

Can Viruses in the Genome Cause Disease?

Prenatal Exposure to Cannabis Affects the Developing Brain

Editorial

Genome Editing on Board

Notebook

Researchers Aim to Reestablish an Ancient Fish in an Ohio River

Competition and Cooperation of Cheese Rind Microbes Exposed

Researchers Track Sharks and Whales Using DNA in Seawater Samples

Researchers Explore the Genetics of Eating Disorders

Contributors

Contributors

Modus Operandi

Taming the Transposon Hordes

The Literature

Frogs Have a Bioelectric Mirror

Serotonin Neurons Implicated in SIDS

Mitochondria Play an Unexpected Role in Killing Bacteria

Scientist to Watch

Jorge Henao-Mejia Explores the Immune System’s Controls

Careers

The Open Data Explosion

Profiles

T-cell Tracker: A Profile of Wendy Havran

Lab Tools

Researchers Engineer Epigenome Editors to Study How Gene Expression Affects Disease

Reading Frames

The “Science” of Hangovers

Foundations

Painting Dinosaurs, early 20th century

Infographics

Infographic: Controlling Transposons En Masse

Infographic: Human Endogenous Retroviruses and Disease

Infographic: How Cities Influence Evolution

Infographic: How Exposure to Cannabis in Utero Affects Development

Infographic: How Macrophage Mitochondria Help Destroy Pathogens

Speaking of Science

Ten-Minute Sabbatical

May digest 2025 cover
May 2025, Issue 1

Study Confirms Safety of Genetically Modified T Cells

A long-term study of nearly 800 patients demonstrated a strong safety profile for T cells engineered with viral vectors.

View this Issue
iStock

TaqMan Probe & Assays: Unveil What's Possible Together

Thermo Fisher Logo
Meet Aunty and Tackle Protein Stability Questions in Research and Development

Meet Aunty and Tackle Protein Stability Questions in Research and Development

Unchained Labs
Detecting Residual Cell Line-Derived DNA with Droplet Digital PCR

Detecting Residual Cell Line-Derived DNA with Droplet Digital PCR

Bio-Rad
How technology makes PCR instruments easier to use.

Making Real-Time PCR More Straightforward

Thermo Fisher Logo

Products

The Scientist Placeholder Image

Biotium Launches New Phalloidin Conjugates with Extended F-actin Staining Stability for Greater Imaging Flexibility

Leica Microsystems Logo

Latest AI software simplifies image analysis and speeds up insights for scientists

BioSkryb Genomics Logo

BioSkryb Genomics and Tecan introduce a single-cell multiomics workflow for sequencing-ready libraries in under ten hours

iStock

Agilent BioTek Cytation C10 Confocal Imaging Reader

agilent technologies logo