Mussels photo galleries
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Year: 2016
The Endgame of Ruby Knuckles
This story was first published in Arcadia magazine in 2011. That Sunday morning, I was not full of the Holy…
Star Trek technology becomes more science than fiction
Fifty years ago, the first episode of Star Trek aired. It started as a quirky science-fiction television show that lasted…
The Riddle of Bacteria and Cancer
The human body teems with bacteria. These micro-organisms live on the skin, in mucus membranes, on the eyes and in…
The wild weirdness of topological insulators
For more than 200 years, physicists have wanted to understand why electricity flows through some materials and not others. In…
Every breath we take
Back in Christmas 2013, the CineStar cinema in Mainz, Germany, became an impromptu, oversized laboratory. Over the course of 108…
Metagenomics for foodies
Kefir is a viscous, sour-tasting, slightly alcoholic, milk-based beverage that's been consumed for centuries. It's made by adding a starter…
A woman’s place is in science
Last October in a noisy ballroom in Nashville, Tenn., six girls sat at a round table to design a spacecraft…
The Endgame of Ruby Knuckles
The Endgame of Ruby Knuckles Published in 2011 in Arcadia That Sunday morning, I was not full of the Holy Ghost. I…
What medicine can learn from squid teeth
Many types of squid have razor-sharp teeth. They just are not where you'd expect to find them. Each of the…