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Salon.com
January 3, 2002
Katharine Mieszkowski |
A mammoth undertaking Can genetic science bring extinct species back to life? And if it can, should we let it?   |
Geotimes
August 2007
Erin Wayman |
DNA Holds Clues to Extinction A new DNA study is showing that mammoths were in decline before humans hunted them en masse. |
Scientific American
October 2008
Yam, Juncosa & Swaminathan |
Updates: Whatever Happened to Virus-Built Batteries? Targeting troublesome t cells... Viral micropower... Slimming down brown... Methane-producing grass... |
Scientific American
August 2008
Musser et al. |
Whatever Happened to Anesthesia and Pain? Planetary protection from Jupiter... Personal gene tests... Valdez payout... Prince William sound and fury... |
Scientific American
November 2008
Yam et al. |
Updates: Whatever Happened to Midsize Black Holes? Also: updates on HIV's origins, Neandertal fishing and transgenic guidelines |
Wired
January 2003
Charles C. Mann |
The First Cloning Superpower Inside China's race to become the clone capital of the world. |
BusinessWeek
July 26, 2004
Arlene Weintraub |
The Stem-Cell Flap: Simmer Down Advocates are overstating stem cells' near-term ability to treat grave illnesses. In doing so, they not only distort the science; the hopes they raise among many people who are sick today are also sure to be dashed. |
Salon.com
March 7, 2002
Katharine Mieszkowski |
"Jurassic Park," eat your heart out Ecological historian Tim Flannery describes the days of megafauna, when 13-ton elephants and shoulder-height armadillos clomped around among humans... |
HHMI Bulletin
May 2010
Sarah C.P. Williams |
Young Again Niche cells can reverse the aging of stem cells. |
Scientific American
November 2005
Charles Q. Choi |
Baby to Brain Mothers could literally always have their kids on their minds. Researchers find that in mice, cells from fetuses can migrate into a mother's brain and apparently develop into nervous system cells. |
Pharmaceutical Executive
August 1, 2008
Patrick Clinton |
Salute to the Murines What can we say about modern medicine? The answer, of course, is that it's brilliant at curing the ailments of mice. |
Scientific American
April 2009
Philip Yam |
Updates: Whatever Happened to Melting Glaciers and Ocean Levels? New details are emerging on how the melting poles could raise ocean heights... Fingerprint science... Stem cell progress... The far side of the moon... |
Wired
January 2004
Wendy Goldman Rohm |
Seven Days of Creation The inside story of a human cloning experiment |
Wired
January 2001
Brian Alexander |
(You)2 Human cloning has always been frightening, seductive - and completely out of reach. Not anymore... |
Reason
August 2002
Ronald Bailey |
Forever Young The new scientific search for immortality |
Scientific American
March 2007
Alison Snyder |
Sight for Sore Eyes Having generated a cell source and overcome the safety concerns associated with transplanting stem cells, researchers still face possibly their biggest challenge: showing that the transplanted photoreceptors wire up to other neurons that eventually connect to the optic nerves. |
IEEE Spectrum
October 2007
Morgen E. Peck |
Imperceptible Vibrations Slow Weight Gain New research by engineers and scientists show how low-level mechanical signals inhibit fat-cell production in mice. |
Technology Research News
June 29, 2005
Eric Smalley |
Cell combo yields blood vessels Researchers experiment with methods of getting blood vessels to grow in replacement organs before the tissue is placed in the body. |
Scientific American
June 2008
Philip Yam |
Updates: Whatever Happened to Protecting Cells from Radiation? Ozone Warming... Anti-radiation... Quantum Novelty... Babbage Computer... |
The Motley Fool
November 28, 2007
Brian Orelli |
Stem Your Expectations of Stem-Cell Discoveries Making "stem" cells out of skin cells isn't all it's cracked up to be. The recent discovery has a long way to go before it can catch up to the research currently being done with stem cells. |
Scientific American
July 2008
Sally Lehrman |
Dolly's Creator Moves Away from Cloning and Embryonic Stem Cells Like many stem cell pioneers, Ian Wilmut, the creator of Dolly the sheep, has jumped to an alternative approach. Is this the beginning of the end for embryonic cloning? |
Scientific American
January 2, 2006
JR Minkel |
T Cells for Brain Cells Some researchers claim that inducing a mild autoimmune reaction could actually protect the central nervous system from a spectrum of neurodegenerative conditions, from glaucoma and spinal cord injury to Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease. |
Chemistry World
February 16, 2009
Manisha Lalloo |
Rodents shed light on aging Researchers in Texas believe naked mole rats may hold the key to healthy aging, after discovering that the long-living rodents are able to maintain protein stability and function well into old age. |
Scientific American
June 2009
Philip Yam |
Updates: Whatever happened to Fuel Cell Progress? Revving up fuel cells... New heart cells from the atomic age... Not so lifesaving research... Lightning fast warnings... |
