October 8, 2018 By Brooke Callaghan Issue 29, Life Science Hoping for a cure October 8, 2018 By Brooke Callaghan Issue 29, Life Science CRISPR technology may hand a lifeline to patients living under the terminal cloud of Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
August 8, 2018 By Brittney Borowiec Life Science, Issue 28 Hitting the pause button on life August 8, 2018 By Brittney Borowiec Life Science, Issue 28 If other members of the animal kingdom can shut down their bodies over winter, then why can't we?
August 8, 2018 By Natasha Chrisandina Life Science, Issue 28 A kernel of doubt August 8, 2018 By Natasha Chrisandina Life Science, Issue 28 Before you stir almond milk into your morning coffee, you may want to consider its nutritional value and environmental impacts.
July 23, 2018 By Geetanjali Rangnekar Issue 27, Life Science There's nothing radical about food irradiation July 23, 2018 By Geetanjali Rangnekar Issue 27, Life Science Although it gets some bad press, the process of irradiating food is well understood and tightly regulated.
July 5, 2018 By Sandhya Uma Shekar Life Science, Issue 27 Bending light to our will July 5, 2018 By Sandhya Uma Shekar Life Science, Issue 27 For centuries, the simple science of concave and convex lenses has helped us correct refractive error, a leading cause of visual impairment.
June 11, 2018 By Taryn Laubenstein Issue 27, Life Science Cameras in the sky June 11, 2018 By Taryn Laubenstein Issue 27, Life Science Satellite imagery gives us an invaluable bird’s eye view of how ecosystems have responded to decades of human influence.
June 3, 2018 By Grace Lindsay Issue 27, Life Science Maps of the brain June 3, 2018 By Grace Lindsay Issue 27, Life Science A century of cortical cartography has helped neurologists understand how the human brain perceives and interprets our complex surroundings.
April 10, 2018 By Lucy Farrow Issue 26, Life Science No country for small birds April 10, 2018 By Lucy Farrow Issue 26, Life Science The gang wars that we often associate with a Hollywood movie franchise are happening in your very own backyard
April 1, 2018 By Lucy Dickie Issue 26, Life Science Hardwired for extinction April 1, 2018 By Lucy Dickie Issue 26, Life Science With teeth, claws and a strong sense of smell, introduced mammals cause huge problems in New Zealand. To eliminate them once and for all, should we start tweaking their genes?
April 1, 2018 By Kurtis Budden Life Science, Issue 26 Turning our bacterial enemies into allies April 1, 2018 By Kurtis Budden Life Science, Issue 26 The next weapons in our ongoing fight against disease may come from an unexpected source
February 19, 2018 By Kimberley Meyers Issue 25, Life Science Ground control February 19, 2018 By Kimberley Meyers Issue 25, Life Science With the right kind of sensory organs, a tremor in the earth can become an entire conversation.
February 5, 2018 By Jon Brock Issue 25, Life Science Our neurons, in unison February 5, 2018 By Jon Brock Issue 25, Life Science On its own, each of our neurons is a dumb oscillator. But when they fire together in their billions, something incredible begins to happen.