Biology & Life Sciences

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Smithsonian November 2005 Richard Ellis	35 Who Made a Difference: Clyde Roper He's spent his life chasing a sea monster that's never been taken alive -- Architeuthis, the giant squid.
Smithsonian November 2005	35 Who Made a Difference: Robert Langridge Langridge's model-making combined molecular biology with software painstakingly composed by him and his co-workers, creating colored displays that so delighted the eye they were called "painting by numbers."
Smithsonian November 2005 Robert Wright	35 Who Made a Difference: Edward O. Wilson Someday, Wilson believes, the cause-and-effect principles of psychology will rest solidly and specifically on those of biology, which will rest with equal security on principles of biochemistry and molecular biology, and so on down the line to particle physics.
Smithsonian November 2005 Robin Marantz Henig	35 Who Made a Difference: D. A. Henderson Eradicating one of history's deadliest diseases was just the beginning.
ifeminists October 26, 2005 Wendy McElroy	Miracle Cure, or Murky Research? Why does sloppy medical research succeed? That is, why is it accepted by the medical establishment, and then heralded by the press? Because big money and big reputations hang in the balance. The drug Herceptin may work for breast cancer, but it may not. When will we know the truth?
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.
Science News October 15, 2005 Janet Raloff	We're All Likely to Get Fat So you've kept a fairly trim physique into middle age. Don't get smug. A new study suggests that you too may develop a paunch or worse in coming years.
Pharmaceutical Executive October 1, 2005 Sarah Houlton	Global Report: Animal Attacks While efforts are being made to reduce animal use, animal testing will remain essential for the foreseeable future, and protests are sure to continue in one form or another. The success of the new legislative regime in the UK now appears to be driving some of the protesters abroad.
IEEE Spectrum October 2005 Alexander Hellemans	Sins Of Transmission? Vatican Radio's high-power antennas stand accused of causing cancer. This case is but the latest episode in a half-century-long scientific controversy.
IEEE Spectrum October 2005 Willie D. Jones	Fiber to the Brain Nanotech researchers have devised a method for attaching electrodes to small clusters of brain cells -- or even individual neurons -- using the cardiovascular system as the conduit through which wires are threaded.
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