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[ Vol. 25 No. 3 ]
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The Indispensables

The backbone of most labs, these quiet heroes do it all and then some.

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In This Issue

The View from Here
 
with interactive
Avant Garde Scientist
 
with video
The Fat You Can't See
 
with video
Cancer’s Dead End
 
with video
Nerve Tonic
 
Same But Not Equal
 
with video
Push and Pull
 
with video
Editor's Letter: Where’s My HHMI Bulletin?
Teaching Genomics, Plainly

Through a semester, students searched databases of gene sequences, engineered bacteria to shuttle mutated genes into cells, and captured images of...

2012 Holiday Lectures on Science—Changing Planet: Past, Present, Future

Three leading scientists will explore the history of life on Earth and the forces that have shaped our ever-changing planet

In Living Color
Researchers watch a heart grow, one vibrant cell at a time.

Articles

Wiring the Brain

Development in some parts of the brain is controlled by neural activity rather than experience.

Like a Chinese Finger Trap

Scientists zero in on disease-causing amyloid structure.

The Yin and Yang of Plant Defense

A plant’s response to infection is controlled by a concentration gradient of salicyclic acid.

Briefs

Memory Plays Muse
What Makes Your Clock Tick?
Following a Fish’s Evolution
Not Your Parents’ Home Video
The Autism Network
It Does a Body Good
Following CHI to Its Perfect Form

Perspectives & Opinions

Connecting Cultures

Medical researchers should seize the tools of geochemistry. 

SmartScopes

Bridging computer science and neuroscience.

President's Message

Stabilizing Forces
by Robert Tjian, PhD