Handedness

Meet some of the people featured in the September issue of The Scientist.

Many natural phenomena elude our understanding.

September 2014's selection of notable quotes

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Researchers whose work requires that they draw blood from wild animals are finding unlikely collaborators in biting insects.

Why the brain produces musical hallucinations

Can screening dogs for Trypanosoma cruzi antibodies inform public health officials about the risk of Chagas disease to people?

Fragments of mitochondrial DNA from deer hair found on the clothing of an ice-entombed mummy offer a glimpse into Copper Age ecology.

A flurry of induced pluripotent stem cell banks are coming online, but they face significant business challenges.

A modified gene-editing technique corrects mutations in human hematopoietic stem cells.

Handedness, a conspicuous but enigmatic human trait, may be shared by other animals. What does it mean for evolution and brain function?

Different mechanisms repress mobile DNA elements in human embryonic stem cells depending on the elements’ evolutionary ages.

Vein patterns in the wings of developing fruit flies never vary by more than the width of a single cell.

Genome fusion at stem graft junctions can generate new plant species.

A groundbreaker in the study of Listeria monocytogenes, Pascale Cossart continues to build her research tool kit to understand how to fight such intracellular human pathogens.

Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Chemistry, Columbia University. Age 42

Recent developments in cell transfection and molecular delivery technologies

A beginner’s guide to freezing and thawing pluripotent stem cells

It’s never too early to start thinking about intellectual property rights—even for biologists doing basic research.

The ancient Greek philosopher was the first scientist.

An Indomitable Beast, What If?, Superintelligence, and Dataclysm

As the science of chemistry developed, public perceptions of alchemists shifted from respect to ridicule.