Features

Worried Sick
Foundations

Side-Chain Theory, circa 1900
Paul Ehrlich came up with an explanation for cellular interactions based on receptors, earning a Nobel Prize and the title "Father of Modern Immunology"—only to have his theory forgotten.
Contributors

Contributors
Meet some of the people featured in the July 2013 issue of The Scientist.
Capsule Reviews

Capsule Reviews
Denial, Probably Approximately Correct, Permanent Present Tense, and Against Their Will
Reading Frames

Widening the Fertile Window
Women may be able to store viable sperm for longer than a week, thus contributing to apparent variability in pregnancy lengths.
Bio Business

Innovation Nation
Already a world leader in high-tech entrepreneurship, Israel is now flexing its biotech muscles.
Lab Tools

Transcriptomics for the Animal Kingdom
Using RNA-seq to study nonmodel organisms

Name That Metabolite!
A guided tour through the metabolome
Scientist to Watch

Peter Cornish: Ribosome Cowboy
Assistant Professor, Biochemistry, University of Missouri. Age: 35
Profiles

Master of Fate
While tracing the tricky and sometimes surprising paths of multipotent cells in the skin, mammary gland, and heart, Cédric Blanpain has repeatedly turned the stem cell field on its head.
The Literature

Transport Breakdown
Deficiencies in a cellular motor that carries a serotonin receptor are associated with anxiety in mice.

Cool Genes
A thermosensitive ion channel helps C. elegans live longer at cold temperatures.

Groovy Color
To control their color displays, squid fine-tune the optical properties of light-reflecting cells by rapidly expelling and imbibing water across a tightly pleated membrane
Modus Operandi

Narrow Straits
Transfecting molecules into cells is as easy as one, two, squeeze.
Critic at Large

Debating Bioethics Openly
Researchers and bioethicists need to take advantage of events such as the recent publication of the HeLa genome to engage the public on topics of privacy, biobank regulation, and more.

Opinion: On Patenting Genes
The scientific community and the impact of the Myriad Genetics Supreme Court decision
Notebook

Sticking Power
An adhesive inspired by a parasitic worm could help better affix skin grafts in burn patients.

The Long View
In the era of Big Data, research projects that focus on phenomena that unfold across decades have distinct benefits—and some drawbacks.

The Turtle That Never Was
A species of freshwater turtle deemed to be extinct may never have existed in the first place.

Science on Lockdown
A forest ecologist comes down from the canopy to bring science to the masses, forming a series of improbable collaborations with prisoners.
Speaking of Science

Speaking of Science
July 2013's selection of notable quotes
Editorial

Beach Reading
A vacation from your lab doesn’t have to mean a break from fascinating developments on the life science front.
Cover Story

Crowd Control
Molecules, cells, or vertebrates—when individuals move and act as a single unit, surprisingly complex behaviors arise that hint at the origins of multicellularity.