Features

Designer Livestock

Tactical Maneuvers
Capsule Reviews

Capsule Reviews
Proof, Caffeinated, A Sting in the Tale, and The Insect Cookbook
Modus Operandi

Film Stars
Engineered bacteria can shape electricity-conducting nanowires.
The Literature

Beneficial Brew
Drinking green tea appears to boost the activity of DNA repair enzymes.

Nutrient-Sensing Neurons
Using just three dopaminergic neurons, Drosophila larvae can sense whether a food source lacks a full roster of essential amino acids.

Longevity Diet
Researchers unmask a gene that protects C. elegans from lifespan-shrinking metabolic byproducts.
Profiles

Mutagens and Multivitamins
Not one to shy away from controversy, Bruce Ames has pitted himself against industry groups, environmentalists, and his peers through his work identifying DNA mutagens. And he’s not done yet.
Scientist to Watch

Haley Oliver: Master of Meat
Assistant Professor, Department of Food Science, Purdue University, Age: 32
Lab Tools

Moving Target
New mass spectrometry–based techniques are blurring the lines between discovery and targeted proteomics.

Singularly Alluring
Microfluidic tools and techniques for investigating cells, one by one
Careers

Simultaneous Release
Coordinating the submission of manuscripts can strike a healthy balance between competition and collaboration.
Reading Frames

Drunks and Monkeys
Understanding our primate ancestors’ relationship with alcohol can inform its use by modern humans.
Foundations

Wheat Whisperer, circa 1953
The Green Revolution of the 20th century began with Norman Borlaug’s development of a short-statured, large-grained wheat.
Thought Experiment

Digesting Dietary Data
Why are there so many contradictory nutrition studies, and how can they be improved?
Critic at Large

Wild Relatives
As rich sources of genetic diversity, the progenitors and kin of today’s food crops hold great promise for improving production in agriculture’s challenging future.
Notebook

Parsing Pathogens
Meet the peptide-covered microcantilever device capable of differentiating subtypes of Salmonella.

Waste Not, Want Not
Researchers and entrepreneurs divert food waste from landfills by turning it into a variety of ingenious products.

Barf-Less Brews
Genetic engineering could help keep harmful toxins out of barley and beer, but will consumers with a thirst for craft malts and brews buy into it?

Carpe Carp!
Can putting invasive species on the menu contain troublesome animals and plants?
Speaking of Science

Speaking of Food Science
June 2014's selection of notable quotes
Editorial

A Lot to Chew On
Complex layers of science, policy, and public opinion surround the things we eat and drink.
Contributors

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

Putting Up Resistance
Will the public swallow science’s best solution to one of the most dangerous wheat pathogens on the planet?