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Opinion: Good, But Not Good Enough

By Umberto Galderisi

Funding only outstanding researchers is increasing the gap between good and great labs and forcing some out of science in search of a bigger paycheck.

Screenshot from a video produced by Panasonic Hollywood Labs (PHL) featuring Murayama’s work

Building Flowers

By Jef Akst

An architecture graduate constructs intricate botanical illustrations using the computer graphics programs intended to design buildings.

Statue of Charles Darwin in the Natural History Museum, LondonWikimedia commons, Patche99z

Darwin Day Celebrations

By Edyta Zielinska

As institutions around the world start celebrations of Darwin Day, New York reveals a digitized catalog of Darwin’s scientific manuscripts.

Metal oxide nano particles Flickr, BASF - The Chemical Company

Opinion: No Objections to Nano?

By Susanna Priest

While biotechnology has met with mixed public reactions, to date nanotechnology seems to invoke much less public concern.

WIKIMEDIA COMMONS, SAMIR

Multitude of Misconducts

By Megan Scudellari

A database manager stole NIH grant funds, falsified data, and lied about it.

KITCHEN/LAB: A student performing a fetal pig dissection at home using an Anatomy & Physiology LabPaqLabPaqs

Science Afield

By Jef Akst

Portable wet-lab kits allow even soldiers stationed in war zones to earn college science credits.

TRUE BLUE: Digital copy of the cyanotype of Fucus vesiculosus var. linearis, scanned from the edition of Photographs of British Algae: Cyanotype Impressions, Part XI, once owned by John Frederick William Herschel, inventor of the cyanotype process and neighbor of Anna Atkins. The volume, which now resides at the New York Public Library, is one of only 13 extant editions of the book.New York Public Library

Botanical Blueprints, circa 1843

By Cristina Luiggi

Anna Atkins, pioneering female photographer, revolutionized scientific illustration using a newly invented photographic technique.

INSECT LOVE: A pair of Tipula (Yamatotipula) pierrei crane flies mating along the Bulgan River in Khovd Province, Mongolia Jon Gelhaus

Genghis Jon

By Cristina Luiggi

By helping Mongolians cultivate an understanding of their native insect fauna, scientists hope to protect the country’s unique yet fragile ecosystems.

istockphoto.com, artpipi

Speaking of Science

February 2012′s selection of notable quotes

MAGIC BERRIES: The miracle fruit, Synsepalum dulcificum, grows wild in tropical West Africa.Satoshi Okubo

Sweet and Sour Science

By Ruth Williams

Japanese researchers unravel the mystery of miracle fruit.