The Nikon photomicrography competition winners of 2018 include striking close-ups of a compound eye, a fern, and an insect’s bubble house.

The British Phycological Society declares the winners of a photography contest for images of algae.

The American Society for Microbiology held its 4th contest for images created from microorganisms feeding on agar. 

Meet some of the people featured in the May 2018 issue of The Scientist.

At Hampshire College, students and faculty use the amoeba Physarum polycephalum—both a “visiting scholar” and a model organism—to examine human societal and political quandaries.  

The artist discusses music as a means to get kids excited about science, and the inspiration he took from astrophysics and polar bears.

By recreating the work of Santiago Ramón y Cajal, art professor Dawn Hunter reveals how the master translated life to the page.

Another case of HIV remission emerges, this time in a South African girl diagnosed as an infant and disease-free for more than eight years.

Physicians peer into the subjects of artistic masterpieces, and find new perspective on their own approach to diagnosing maladies.