Pinpointing Pathogens

Conflict between science and religion continues, with effects on health, politics, and the environment.

In his bathysphere, William Beebe plumbed the ocean to record-setting depths.

Stoned, Anxious, The Deeper Genome, and Testosterone

Meet some of the people featured in the July 2015 issue of The Scientist.

Disease eradication in the 21st century

July 2015's selection of notable quotes

Macaque trainers in Bangladesh are often bitten by their monkeys, but rarely infected by a particular simian retrovirus.

Holding laboratory mice at temperatures lower than those the animals prefer could be altering their physiology and skewing experimental results.

Historical data shed new light on the possible causes of southern sea lion decline in the Falkland Islands.

Five species of waterfowl have evolved a variety of adaptations to adjust to the high altitude of South America’s Lake Titicaca.

Ethical issues attend the creation of animal-human chimeras.

Scientists mutate a mating pheromone and its corresponding receptor in yeast to promote speciation.

Nutrient levels in soil don’t add up when food chains combine.

A chance discovery results in the first report of DNA-based gene silencing in an animal.

Symbiotic bacteria in Caribbean reef sponges store polyphosphate granules, possibly explaining why phosphorous is so scarce in coral reef ecosystems.

A love of the ocean lured Nicole Dubilier into science; gutless sea worms and their nurturing bacterial symbionts keep her at the leading edge of marine microbiology.

Assistant professor, Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, University of California, San Francisco. Age: 34

A general guide to collecting and processing saliva

Finding and recruiting diverse populations for clinical studies

Retiring as a professor, and even shutting down your own lab, doesn’t necessarily mean quitting research.

Increasingly precise remote-sensing data are helping researchers monitor and predict cases of infectious disease.