[ Vol. 23 No. 01 ]
FEATURED
Ahead of the Curve

Jack Szostak is drawn to uncharted territory. His curiosity and big thinking have earned him a Nobel Prize.

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In This Issue

The China Connection
 
with sidebars
View From the Top
 
A Matter of Equilibrium
 
with sidebars
Not So Simple
 
with slideshow
Restoration Hardware
 
GPS for the Nematode
 
Contributors
No Dozing Off

Clad in matching team T-shirts and carrying backpacks, a dozen or so California high school students formed a circle, leaned in to touch hands,...

Through Stickleback Eyes

Floating face-down in a cold lake on a rainy morning: it's just another day at the lab for Dan Bolnick and his research assistants. The lab, in...

Kiddie Chemistry

When he was four years old, Marty Burke collected bottle caps. His family lived across the street from a liquor store in rural Carroll County,...

SMART in More Ways Than One

High school sophomores learn about science through structure.

Exploring Biodiversity: The Search for New Medicines

Glow-in-the-dark bacteria and poisonous sea snails took center stage at the 2009 Holiday Lectures.

Nano-Motion Pictures
Scientists are now able to track the movements of single proteins as they shuttle along a DNA strand.

Articles

Righty, Lefty

An unusual type of amino acid acts as a growth signal in bacteria.

Histones Wreaking Havoc

A close look at infected blood samples reveals how sepsis spirals out of control.

Viral Takeover

Scientists uncover how some mosquito-borne viruses hijack cells to reproduce.

Perspectives & Opinions

The Thrill of Molecules

Let high schoolers see and touch science.

Cells Behaving Better

Synthetic biology may--one day--change the way cells work.

President's Message

Beyond Our Borders
by Robert Tjian, Ph.D.