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Henrietta and David Lacks

Henrietta Lacks’ ‘Immortal’ Cells

Journalist Rebecca Skloot’s new book investigates how a poor black tobacco farmer had a groundbreaking impact on modern medicine
January 22, 2010 | By Sarah Zielinski

Wong

Midas Touch

To clean highly polluted groundwater, Michael Wong has developed a detergent based on gold
October 2007 | By William Booth

Why does the human immune system sometimes fail to thwart invaders? John Wherry is trying to find out, the better to design a more effective flu vaccine.

Flu Fighter

With a possible pandemic in our future, immunologist John Wherry is racing to develop a once-a-lifetime vaccine
October 2007 | By Arthur Allen

Beth Shapiro holding head of dodo bird

How to Make a Dodo

Biologist Beth Shapiro has figured out a recipe for success in the field of ancient DNA research
October 2007 | By Andrew Curry

Assuming we’re not alone in the universe, where should we look for extraterrestrials? Lisa Kaltenegger (in front of a Cambridge, Massachusetts, telescope that was the largest in the United States during the mid-1800s) knows how to identify likely locations for life.

Signs of Life

Astrophysicist Lisa Kaltenegger analyzes light from distant stars for evidence we're not alone
October 2007 | By Charles Seife

A film about primatologist Jane Goodall inspired Hare to follow in her footsteps, a quest he first embarked upon at about age 9. (Twenty-two years later, Hare is embraced by an orphaned bonobo named Malou at a sanctuary in Congo).

Dogged

Primatologist Brian Hare investigates the social behavior of chimpanzees and bonobos in Africa. But dogs and foxes showed him the way
October 2007 | By Virginia Morell

Science Makes a Better Lighthouse Lens

August 1999 | By Bruce Watson

Catching a Glimpse of America's Industrial Past

May 1998 | By Michael Kernan


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