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Category Archives: Feature Stories
Job Change Lands Egyptian Scientist in Legal Battle
Rania Siam thought she was putting her troubles behind her when...
Journal Editors Get Twitter-Savvy
Science journal editors are the air traffic controllers of the science...
The EcoIsland
The UK’s energy prices are soaring. As gas and oil reserves...
Loosing the Louse on Europe’s Largest Invasive Pest
Don’t be duped by its delicate pale flowers; Japanese knotweed can...
May the Best Analyst Win
LAST MAY, JURE ŽBONTAR, A 25-YEAR-OLD computer scientist at the University...
Ancient Tweaking
Twenty years ago, scientists knew nothing of the scraps of RNA...
Shaping up HIV
In the 1960s, a Danish company, seeking to improve on the...
Cue factors
Our genes were once thought to be responsible for shaping who...
Surviving drought
We’ve all felt it: a quickening of the heart and a...
Waxing cutaneous
When we’re in the bath, our skin prevents both water from...