Mad About Microbes
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Alexandra Grote appreciates a clear-eyed reckoning with our microscopic friends and foes
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This Scientific Life
Our contributors hail from all over the sciences — and all over the world. We’ll share what brought us to science, why we stay, and what makes us (occasionally) want to run away. There will be eureka moments, scientific screw-ups, advice to youngsters, peers, and elders, as well as whimsical stories about space exploration, fruit fly cognition, and how a neuron can live its best life.
Green on a Mission
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Plants can’t speak for themselves, but Marie Crouzevialle finds that Carlos Magdalena is a worthy surrogate
Read MoreA Public Health Paladin
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Alice Fok admires William Foege’s battles against pathogens—and politicians
Read MoreMoving Past Destiny
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In the Book of Life, Kostas Kampourakis argues, DNA isn’t the whole story
Read MoreSo Successful It Hurts
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Nicholas DelRose embraces inner turmoil in Charles Mann’s new book.
Read MoreOn the Good Ship Enlightenment
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Sophia Domokos finds much to praise in Steven Pinker's paean to progress, but also some leaks in the vessel
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