Features

Brains in Action
Capsule Reviews

Capsule Reviews
Me, Myself, and Why, RedDevil 4, Neanderthal Man, and Science from Sight to Insight
Careers

New School
Graduate programs at the interface of quantitative and biological sciences set the stage for more interdisciplinary collaboration.
Foundations

Palade Particles, 1955
Electron microscopy led to the first identification of what would later be known as ribosomes.
Reading Frames

When Buddhism Meets Biology
Can practitioners of the Eastern religion learn from biologists, or vice versa?
Lab Tools

Tag, You're It
A guide to DNA-encoded libraries for drug discovery

Unmasking Secret Identities
A tour of techniques for measuring DNA hydroxymethylation
Scientist to Watch

Phil Baran: Molecule Magician
Professor, Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute. Age: 36
Profiles

Meiosis Maven
Fueled by her love of visual data and addicted to chromosomes, Abby Dernburg continues to study how homologous chromosomes find each other during gamete formation.
The Literature

HPV Havoc
Human papillomavirus promotes genomic damage by inserting near host genes involved in cancer.

Protein Function Refuted
A mouse knockout calls into question the presumed function of a protein long considered important for steroid hormone biosynthesis.

Epigenetics of Regeneration
Repairing damaged neurons relies on booting a histone deacetylase out of the nucleus so regeneration genes can be turned on.
Modus Operandi

Visualizing Viruses
Scientists devise a gentler technique for observing viral DNA at single-molecule resolution.
Critic at Large

What Women Need to Succeed in Science
Attracting females to research careers—and keeping them there

On Race and Medicine
Until health care becomes truly personalized, race and ethnicity will continue to be important clues guiding medical treatments.
Notebook

The Necrobiome
Next-generation sequencing of the bacterial assemblages that inhabit a corpse throughout decomposition improve time-of-death estimates.

Tenacious Termites
Formosan subterranean termites evade deadly pathogens by building nests lined with their own feces.

Self-Improvement Through the Ages
A 50,000-generation-long experiment shows that bacteria keep getting fitter.

Feeling Is Believing
Many people can “see” their hands in complete darkness, absent any visual stimulus, due to kinesthetic feedback from their own movements.
Speaking of Science

Speaking of Science
February 2014's selection of notable quotes
Editorial

An Offensive Playbook
Developing nonaddictive drugs to combat pain
Contributors

Contributors
Meet some of the people featured in the February 2014 issue of The Scientist.
Cover Story

Pain and Progress
Is it possible to make a nonaddictive opioid painkiller?