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…
Writings
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…
The value of a good science hack
Physicist Matt Bellis attended his first Science Hack Day in the fall of 2010, in Palo Alto, California. Like many…
Preserving the Past
The George Eastman Museum in Rochester, New York, is the oldest photography museum in the world. The Victorian mansion that…
Let the structural symphony begin
Like other structural biologists, Eva Nogales works in extraordinary times. The University of California, Berkeley, faculty member now has the…
Brave New Jupiter
For the last five years, NASA’s Juno spacecraft has been barrelling towards its final destination: Jupiter, king of the planets.…