March 2020

Rising Seas, Dead Trees

Ghost forests are a warning about climate change

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Features

Genes that Escape Silencing on the Second X Chromosome May Drive Disease

Can Destroying Senescent Cells Treat Age-Related Disease?

Climate Change Is Killing East Coast Forests

Scientist To Watch

Joe Louis Studies the Molecular Battles Between Plants and Insects

Reading Frames

Opinion: Tree Rings as Soothsayers

Foundations

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A Smiling Garden, 1558

Infographics

Infographic: How Some X-Chromosome Genes Escape Inactivation

Infographic: How Does Cell Senescence Drive Aging and Disease?

Infographic: How a Venus Flytrap Snaps

Interactive Infographic: How Salt Transforms Coastal Forests

Infographic: A Gene Editor for Plant Mitochondrial DNA

Profiles

Into the Light: A Profile of Joanne Chory

The Literature

Ants Produce Antibiotics that May Protect Plants

Compounds from Smoke Alter Root Development in Plants

What Makes a Venus Flytrap Snap

Notebook

Researchers Discover the Largest Virus in the Oceans Yet

Generations of Insect Attacks Drive Plants to “Talk” Publicly

Ancient Wheat Genome Reveals Clues to the Agricultural Past

Genomics Reveals How Humans Can Inadvertently Drive Plant Mimicry

Modus Operandi

Gene Editing Reaches Plant Mitochondria

Contributors

Contributors

Editorial

Confessing to Plant Blindness

Bio Business

Variation in Cannabis Testing Challenges a Young Industry

Critic at Large

Opinion: Crafting a Cure for Plant Blindness

Speaking of Science

Ten Minute Sabbatical

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April 1, 2025, Issue 1

Bunsen Burners and Bad Hair Days

Lab safety rules dictate that one must tie back long hair. Rosemarie Hansen learned the hard way when an open flame turned her locks into a lesson.

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Taking the Guesswork Out of Quality Control Standards

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PFAS: The Forever Chemicals

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Unlocking the Unattainable in Gene Construction

Unlocking the Unattainable in Gene Construction

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