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Hard and Harder
By Michael K. Gusmano
The path to eradicating malaria in Africa involves much more than just a vaccine.
Dominique Bergmann: Probing Plant Pores
By Jef Akst
Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Stanford University. Age: 41
One-Man NIH, 1887
By Cristina Luiggi
As epidemics swept across the United States in the 19th century, the US government recognized the pressing need for a…
2010′s best new species
By Bob Grant
This Monday (May 23), which happens to be the birthday of famed naturalist and species namer extraordinaire Carolus Linnaeus, researchers…
Foundation money pulled from China
By Bob Grant
A major international funder of research and public health efforts on debilitating infectious diseases has frozen hundreds of millions of…
Wanted: Another Scientific Revolution
By Laura J. Snyder
In the 19th century, four friends changed the way scientists viewed themselves. It’s time for another shake-up.
Medical Posters, circa 1920
By Edyta Zielinska
William Helfand began buying medically themed collectibles in the 1950s when he started working for Merck & Co. Over his…
Primal Fashion
By Cristina Luiggi
Two sisters — a developmental biologist and high-end fashion designer — team up to develop a couture collection inspired by the first 1,000 hours of embryonic life
