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American Society of Human Genetics: BioMedNet Conference Reporter, by Tabitha M. Powledge and Trina Wood
International Conference on Molecular Structural Biology: BioMedNet Conference Reporter, by Laura Spinney and Melissa Mertl
International Conference on Molecular Structural Biology: BioMedNet Conference Reporter, by Laura Spinney and Melissa Mertl
International Conference on Molecular Structural Biology: BioMedNet Conference Reporter, by Laura Spinney and Melissa Mertl
The Ecological Society of America: BioMedNet Conference Reporter, by Jay Withgott and Trina Wood
International Congress of Immunology: BioMedNet Conference Reporter, by Julie Clayton and Melissa Mertl
World Federation of Neurology: BioMedNet Conference Reporter, by Laura Spinney and Melissa Mertl
World Federation of Neurology: BioMedNet Conference Reporter, by Julie Clayton and Laura Spinney
World Federation of Neurology: BioMedNet Conference Reporter, by Melissa Mertl and Laura Spinney
American Society for Microbiology: BioMedNet Conference Reporter, by Dan Ferber and Emma Patten-Hitt
American Society for Microbiology: BioMedNet Conference Reporter, by Rabiya S. Tuma and Emma Patten-Hitt
Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology: BioMedNet Conference Reporter, by Laura Spinney and Julie Clayton
Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology: BioMedNet Conference Reporter, by Laura Spinney and Julie Clayton
American Association for Cancer Research: BioMedNet Conference Reporter, by Tabitha M. Powledge and Rabiya S. Tuma
American Association for Cancer Research: BioMedNet Conference Reporter, by Tabitha M. Powledge and Rabiya S. Tuma
Biophysical Society: BioMedNet Conference Reporter , by Rabiya S. Tuma and Mari N. Jensen
Biophysical Society: BioMedNet Conference Reporter, by Anne Jacobson and Mari N. Jensen
American Society for Microbiology and the Institute for Genomic Research: BioMedNet Conference Reporter, by Karin Jegalian and Melissa Mertl
American Society for Microbiology and the Institute for Genomic Research: BioMedNet Conference Reporter, by Karin Jegalian and Melissa Mertl
The American Society for Cell Biology: BioMedNet Conference Reporter, by Mari N. Jensen and Dan Ferber
The American Society for Cell Biology: BioMedNet Conference Reporter, by Mari N. Jensen and Dan Ferber
Society for Neuroscience: BioMedNet Conference Reporter, by Laura Spinney and Dan Ferber
Society for Neuroscience: BioMedNet Conference Reporter, by Laura Spinney and Julie Clayton
Society for Neuroscience: BioMedNet Conference Reporter, by Mari N. Jensen and Dan Ferber
The American Society of Human Genetics: BioMedNet Conference Reporter, by Rabiya S. Tuma and Laura Spinney
The American Society of Human Genetics: BioMedNet Conference Reporter, by Dan Ferber and Pete Moore
European Life Scientist Organization: BioMedNet Conference Reporter, by Laura Spinney and Pete Moore
Extracting the Environment's Effects: The Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, by Mari N. Jensen
Genetics, Bioethics, and Religion, by Robert W. Wallace
From Arabidopsis to Zebra Fish: New Techniques for Developmental Biology, by Amy Fluet
Genomics, Organ Engineering, Space Biology, and Forensic Genetics: Whitehead Institute Press Seminar 2000, by Charlie Schick
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology: Conference Reporter highlights, by Mari N. Jensen and Mike May
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology: Conference Reporter highlights, by Laura Spinney,Dan Ferber, and Mari N. Jensen
American Society for Microbiology: Conference Reporter highlights, by Laura Spinney, Pete Moore, and Dan Ferber
Bio2000 Highlights: Hopes for Gene Therapy, by Christopher G. Edwards
Evolution Meets Conservation at the Brink of the Homogocene, by Jay Withgott
American Association for Cancer Research: BioMednews Reports, by Dan Ferber and Pete Moore
Keystone Millennium Conference: BioMednews Reports, by Marina Chicurel, Andy Coghlan, and Philip Cohen
Blossoming Bioinformatics: The Princeton Bioinformatics Symposium, by Billy Goodman
Lessons from the Aging Brain: 33rd Annual Winter Conference on Brain Research, by Sibylle Hechtel
INABIS 2000: Sixth Internet World Congress on Biomedical Sciences, by Ellen M. Quardokus
Gatekeepers, Cargo Carriers, and Other Cellular Machines: American Society for Cell Biology, by Beth Schachter
Malaria: Counting Chromosomes and Beans, by Jeffrey L. Fox
Drug Discovery: A Team Sport, by Beth Schachter
Bones in Motion: American Society for Bone and Mineral Research, by Jeanne Erdmann
Molecular Aspects of Metastasis: American Association for Cancer Research, by H. Steven Wiley
A Family Gathering: The First International Fission Yeast Meeting, by Karen May
Society for Neuroscience, by Dan Ferber, Pete Moore, and Julie Clayton
Mars or Bust, by Sibylle Hechtel
Worming through the Genome, by Paul Muhlrad
New Role$ for Mice in Clinical Trials: Biotechnology Symposium and Trial Exposition, by David Appell
Our Aging Genes: FASEB Summer Research Conference: Molecular Gerontology, by Sibylle Hechtel
Teaching and Timing Evolution, by Jay Withgott
IBRO 99: The Fifth World Congress of Neuroscience, by Laura Spinney
BIO 99': Biotechnology Industry Organization conference, by Jim Kling
American Society of Gene Therapy: BioMednews Reports, by Karen Hopkin, Pete Moore, and Laura Spinney
ASM BioMednews Reports, by Karen Hopkin, Dan Ferber, and Laura Spinney
Mendel Stayed Home: The Genomic Imprinting Symposium:, by Andrew P. Feinberg
Exxon Valdez: Symposium Highlights Oil Spill Research, by Jody Seitz
FASEB, by Dan Ferber, Karen Hopkin, and Laura Spinney
AACR BioMednews Reports, by Catherine Brooksbank, Clare Thompson, and Laura Spinney
Bioethics in the New Millennium, by Amy Hodson Thompson
Ancient Autopsy: Pericles and the Plague, by Nancy Volkers
The Internet as Model Organism, by Lois Wingerson
Jumping into the Array Fray: The NIH Microarray User Group Mini-Symposium, by Emily Klotz
Know Thy Cell, by John Murray
Healing the Helix: The Future of Genomic Medicine, by Erin T. Strovel and Miriam G. Blitzer
Overhauling the Secretory Pathway, by Tommy Nilsson
Head Case, by Karen Hopkin
Turn Me On, Turn Me Off, by Danielle Kerkovich
Science? Fiction? How About Both?, by Bill Thomasson
Culturing New Connections: Microbial Discovery Workshops, by William H. Coleman and Dennis Opheim
Tobacco Road: Avenues of Addiction, by Tabitha M. Powledge
Do Genomes Enhance Their Own Evolution?, by Lynn Caporale
Metals and Metabolism: Do Not Disturb, by Randall Willis
Can Biotech Make the Bullet Magic?, by Anjani Shah
Peeling The Onion, by William Wells
Fountain of Youth? Hormonal and Molecular Interventions in Aging, by Randolph Fillmore
Health Care Information Experts Imagine the Future, by Randolph Fillmore
Monkey Ties: What Primates Tell Us About Families, by Brian Vastag
When RNA Ruled Another Lost World?, by Karen Hopkin
Evolution: Lost Worlds, by Laura F. Landweber and Laura A. Katz
"Traffic Jams" and Other Neuronal Malfunctions, by William Wallace
State of the World Forum Report, by Richard Brodie
What's New in Biofactories: Third Annual Topics in Gene Expression Systems Conference, by M. Walid Qoronfleh

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The Future of Plant Science in Zimbabwe, by Idah Sithole-Niang
What Prize Glory?: The Ig Nobels, by Marc Abrahams
Putting Things in Context, by Bill Phillips
Deadly Revenge: Uptake of Oncogenes from Apoptotic Bodies, by Martin Holcik
Do Tierran Programs Dream of Darwinian Dynamics?, by N.A. Johnson
Quoth the Raven . . ., by Debra Titone
Ecology's Oldest Pattern?, by Bradford A. Hawkins
Drug Addiction: A Brain Disease, by Alan I. Leshner
Do Plants Have More Genes than Humans?, by Joachim Messing
Bringing Electron Microscopy Back into Focus for Cell Biology, by Gareth Griffiths
Birds and Dinosaurs, by Frietson Galis and Alan Feduccia
Is Paradoxical Pharmacology a Strategy Worth Pursuing?, by Richard A. Bond
The Biotechnology Industry's Frankensteinian Creation, by Henry I. Miller
More Than Mammography: Breast-Cancer Detection, by M. Carolina Hinestrosa
Fund Feelings for Children, by Jack P. Shonkoff
Promise Needs Proof: New Tobacco Products, by Stuart Bondurant
Musculoskeletal Disorders and the Workplace, by Jeremiah A. Barondess
Governing Climate Research, by Charles F. Kennel
Something Rotten at the Core of Science?, by David F. Horrobin
Resolutions for a More Livable Planet, by Thomas E. Graedel
Toying with Early Learning, by Ross Thompson
Sound Regulations Needed for Protecting Marine Mammals, by Kenneth Brink
Stating the Obvious in the Fight Against AIDS, by Harvey V. Fineberg and James Trussell
Keeping Aging Minds Sharp, by Laura L. Carstensen
Putting Ph.D.s at the Head of the Class, by N. Ronald Morris
We Can Do Something about Malaria Today, by Burton Singer
Would That You Won an Ig?: What, Where, When, Why, Why, Why?, by Marc Abrahams
Using Science to Help Prevent Birth Defects, by Elaine M. Faustman and John C. Gerhart
A New Strategy for Fighting Biological Terrorism, by Donald A. Henderson
Science Must Help Set the Global Agenda, by Bruce Alberts
Tuberculosis: The Disease That Cannot Be Neglected, by Morton N. Swartz
Click Here for Better Health Care, by Edward H. Shortliffe and Valerie Florance
Going for Gold: Whatever the Cost, by Scott Ewan
Bringing Coastal "Dead Zones" Back to Life, by Robert Howarth
Microbial Pathogenesis: New Paths into a New Millennium, by Philippe J. Sansonetti
The American Society for Microbiology in the New Millennium, by Julian E. Davies
God After Darwin: Beyond Materialism and "Intelligent Design", by John F. Haught
Critical Biodiversity, by J. H. Kaufman and O. R. Melroy
Are Computers Evolving in Biology?, by H. Steven Wiley
Science and Secrecy, by Rodney W. Nichols
Linearization Plots: Time for Progress in Regression, by Martin L. Lobemeier
The Truth about Global Warming, by John M. Wallace and John R. Christy
On Viral Epidemics, Zoonoses, and Memory, by Simon Wain-Hobson and Andreas Meyerhans
Swimming Against the Mainstream: Accenting the Positive in Human Nature, by Albert Bandura
Wetland Woes: Amphibian Declines and Malformations, by Michael J. Lannoo
Life as Communication, by Arnold De Loof
Amazon Burning, by William F. Laurance and Philip M. Fearnside
Science for Diplomacy, by Robert A. Frosch
Public Health Genetics, by Alison Stewart
Research and Perestroika, by Sergey Rumyantsev
What Is This Ig?, by Marc Abrahams
Desiccating Dreams: Is Making the Desert Bloom Sustainable?, by Uriel Safriel
Out of Print, by Sydney Brenner
When Fuzzy Thinking Is a Good Thing, by Ulrike Walter
Evolving the Ties that Bind, by David A. Perry
How Good Is Good Enough?, by Douglas K. Owens
The Global View of Evolution, by Richard L. Coren
What is Lamarck's Signature?, by Edward J. Steele and Robert V. Blanden
Neoplasia, by Brian Ross
Defend Only the Defenseless: Genetic Variation and Vaccination, by Sergey N. Rumyantsev
Reprieve for a Killer: Saving Smallpox, by Joel N. Shurkin
The Future of Evolutionary Biology, by David L. Stern
On Controversy: An Interview with George Lundberg, by Lois Wingerson
The Crack Babies that Weren't: What Statistics Mean, and Don't Mean, by Neala S. Schwartzberg
A Student's Suicide: Questions and Lessons, by John F. Alderete
Evaluating Science: Performance Assessment in Research, by Amy Muhlberg
Nanotechnology and the Future, by Katherine Austin
Biology's Role in Developing Nanotechnology, by Nadrian Seeman
The Light at the End of the Microtubule, by Ralph Merkle
Do Nanoists Dream of Very Tiny Sheep?, by Kevin Ausman.
Field of Genes: Issues and Non-Issues in High-Tech Farming, by Jeremy Cherfas
Up for Adoption: Pharmacogenetics and the Orphan Drug Law, by Mignon Fogarty
Bioinformatics: Scientific Discipline or Support Field?, by Emmanouil Skoufos
Opening Our Minds: The Decade of the Brain, by Gavin Swanson
Undergraduate Science Undervalued, by Carol Berkower
Opportunity, not Exploitation: Valuing the Icelandic Genome, by Kari Stefansson
Outsourcing Trials for Fun and Profit, by Ismail Shalaby
A Journal Falls Silent, Muffling History, by Alan I. Packer
Loss of Mission: The NIMH's Multiple Personality, by E. Fuller Torrey
On Uncertainty and the Death of Cod, by Stephen J. Hall
Keeping It in the Family, by Robert Insall
Private Sector, Public Science, by Scott Stern
The Buffalo that Would Be a Tiger, by K. VijayRaghavan
Who Should Name The Tree of Life?, by David Malakoff
The Experimental Experience, by Mitsuhiro Yanagida
You Can't Win the Indy 500 in a Yugo, by Keith Cheng
Go Green or See Red, by David Nicholson
DNA as Lego, by Andrew Ellington
UnScientific American: Animal Rights or Wrongs, by Jack H. Botting and Adrian R. Morrison
FUNDamental Conflicts of Interest, by Mildred K. Cho
White Bread Current Opinions, by Julie Solomon

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Food Court: The Press and GM Foods, by Adam Ezra Segal-Isaacson
Gene Therapy Trials: Pressing for Answers, by Vicki Brower
How the Internet Is Changing Science Journalism, by David Whitehouse
Stemming the Tide of Nonsense, by Beryl Lieff Benderly
Days of Our Labs, by Mari N. Jensen
Why Can't People Just Be Sick?, by Beryl Lieff Benderly
Grassroots or Astroturf?, by Robert W. Wallace
Mad Cows and Loopy Lambs, by Georgina Ferry
A Hot Potato, by Bernard Dixon
Who's Supposed to Be Asking the Questions Here?, by Dean A. Haycock
Spin Is Not a Dirty Word, by Jennifer Boeth Donovan
Journals as Press Agents, by Mark Hagland
The Unusual Birth of "Science", by Jim Dawson
Reporter, Can You Paradigm? Metaphors for Mental Illness, by Randolph Fillmore
Tracking the Elusive Internship: Frustrated in Philly, by Brian Vastag
Getting the Scoop at Scientific Meetings, by John Travis
Checking Up on Alternative Medicine, by Brian Vastag
URLs for PIOs, by Jennifer Boeth Donovan
Rethinking "Race", by Randolph Fillmore
Pause for Reflection, by Bernard Dixon
Dr. Reporter?, by Dean A. Haycock

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Harnessing the Body's Ability to Heal: Curis, by Vicki Brower
From Genes to Proteins: The FLEXgene Consortium, by Jane Salodof MacNeil
Expertise in Amyloid Aids Alzheimer's Research: Neurochem, by Vicki Brower
A Tree Grows in Manhattan, by Beth Schachter
Is Autism's Answer in the Gut?: Repligen Corporation, by Jane Salodof MacNeil
Dauphin Island: Center of a Marine Universe, by Rabiya S. Tuma
Science with a Mission, Inc.: Diagnostics for the Third World, by Kirstie Saltsman
In Pursuit of Clarity: The Tahoe Research Group, by Rabiya S. Tuma
Darwin's Down House, by Robert W. Wallace
Rainforest Research: The South American Office for Anticancer Drug Development, by Rabiya S. Tuma
Growing Cells in 3-D: Breaking the Flat Barrier with Microgravity, by Pamela Weintraub
In the Garden: The Eden Project, by Scott G. Ewan
Learning from Songbirds: Growing New Hair Cells May Overcome Deafness, by Roberta Friedman
The Case of the Dinucleotides that Spell Danger, by Beth Schachter
Chemistry of Cooking, by Rabiya S. Tuma
Saving Seeds, Saving Cultures, by Jay Withgott
Race and the Genome: The Howard University Human Genome Center, by Maia Szalavitz
Progress in Parkinson's: Diacrin and Fetal Pig Neurons, by Pamela Weintraub
Therapeutic Measures: IHGT and Clinical Trials, by Karin Jegalian
Inhospitable Hosts: Developing Antiviral Drugs, by Rabiya S. Tuma
Getting Gene Therapy Under Control: ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Inc., by William A. Wells
Diversa Corporation and Directed Molecular Evolution, by Robert W. Wallace
A Beagle Sniffs for Life on Mars, by Jay Withgott
Smarter Viruses: Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc., by William A. Wells
Of Aggressive Mice and Dutchmen: USC's Keck Neurogenetic Institute, by Roberta Friedman
Industrial-Strength Profiling Rosetta Inpharmatics, Inc., by William A. Wells
Corporations Turning Over a New "Green" Leaf?, by Daniel Edelstein
Life after Worms: Lynx Therapeutics, Inc., by William A. Wells
Heavenly Bodies, by Jeanne Erdmann
Eek, a XenoMouse: Abgenix, Inc., by William A. Wells
Finding the Value in Scientific Pictures Image Informatics and Scimagix, Inc., by Deborah J. Ausman
Sniffing for Success: Senomyx, Inc., by William A. Wells
It's Not Just DNA Anymore: Prion Proteins and Hereditary Information, by Rabiya S. Tuma
Send in the Gas: NicOx S.A., by William A. Wells
Vaccine Pharming: Charles Arntzen and the Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, by Sara Latta
TIGR's Minimal Genome Project: How Many Genes Are Necessary to Sustain Life?, by Vicki Brower
Painting a Brighter Future for Dogs and Humans, by Sharon Kingman
Cancer Vaccines Made to Order: Antigenics L.L.C., by William A. Wells
Onchocerciasis: Pharmaceutical Companies Give It Away, by Dean A. Haycock
Packing It In: Chromos Molecular Systems Inc. and Athersys, Inc., by William A. Wells
Protein Structure by Numbers, by Georgina Ferry
Virtual Cures: Entelos, Inc., by William A. Wells
The "Yellow Pages" of Life, Online, by Daniel Edelstein
Getting Rid of Radicals: MetaPhore Pharmaceuticals, Inc., by William A. Wells
Ethical Culture: Millennium Pharmaceuticals, by Vicki Brower
Rebuilding the Spine: Acorda Therapeutics, Inc., by William A. Wells
Bug Warfare: IntraBiotics Pharmaceuticals, Inc., by William A. Wells
Biotech 101: CarboMed, by Roberta Friedman
Bind Every Sequence: Sangamo BioSciences, Inc., by William A. Wells
Stalking the Wild Isotope, by Jay Withgott
In Search of the Proteome: Oxford GlycoSciences plc, by William A. Wells
Learning to Live with the Desert, by Corliss Karasov
Cell Biology Goes Commercial: Cytokinetics, Inc., by William A. Wells
Trust Me, It Will Work: Small Molecule Therapeutics, Inc., by William A. Wells
Chiral Genetics: Chiroscience Group, plc, by William A. Wells
Spotfire Turns Up the Heat on Discovery Data, by Deborah J. Ausman
Breeding the Bottom Line: Maxygen, by Steven Dickman
Shutting Down Cancer: Wiley Lab, by Christie Aschwanden
Transforming Transplants: Geron and Roslin Bio-Med Merge, by Vicki Brower
The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, by Jim Dawson
Delicious Vaccines: Axis Genetics, plc, by William A. Wells
Bench Bots: Inside the Laboratory Robotics Interest Group, by Deborah J. Ausman
Going In for the Kill: Idun Pharmaceuticals, Inc., by William Wells
How Does Your Garden Stow? The Millennium Seed Bank, by Jeremy Cherfas
Amgen Redux: ICOS Corporation, by William A. Wells
A Beginning, of Sorts, for Antisense: Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc., by William A. Wells
Joe Howard, Motor Man, by Katherine Austin
Castle in the Air?, by Randolph Fillmore
Chemistry on a Pinhead: Illumina, Inc., by William Wells
Can-Do Cantor, by Joel N. Shurkin
Could Mitochondria Be the Key?, by William A. Wells
BioFuture: New Hope for Young German Biologists, by Ludger Wess
The Snail Companies: Neurex Corporation & Cognetix Inc., by William A. Wells
Gene Whiz: Celera Genomics, by Karen Hopkin
Coming Full Circle: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated, by William Wells
A Hothouse for Bioscience: The Manchester Biotech Incubator, by Georgina Ferry
A Complete Vision: Imaging Research, Inc., by William Wells
Man versus Mosquito: Robert Novak and the INHS Medical Entomology Laboratory, by Dan Ferber
Total Recall: Helicon Therapeutics, Inc., by William Wells
Engineers and Eggheads: Molecular Sciences Institute, by Karen Hopkin
High-Throughput Worms: NemaPharm, Inc., by William Wells
Envisioning Science: Imaging with Felice Frankel, by Marina Chicurel and Sally Kuzma
Whose DNA Is It, Anyway?, by Brian Vastag
The Next Chip-Based Revolution: Caliper Technologies Corp., by William Wells
Starving Cancer Into Submission, by William Wells
Life Sciences Perspective at NSF, by Barbara Hyde
Rainforest Remedies, by William Wells
The MRC Clinical Sciences Centre, by Georgina Ferry
Lead Compound Phone Home: IRORI, by William Wells
Mary Lyons: Quiet Battler, by Gail Vines
Digging in the Dirt: TerraGen Diversity Inc. and ChromaXome Corp., by William Wells

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Charles Scriver, interviewed by Rabiya S. Tuma
Andrej Sali, interviewed by Melissa Mertl
Dino Moras, interviewed by Laura Spinney
Ursula Egner, interviewed by Laura Spinney
David Colquhoun, interviewed by David Bradley
David Baltimore, interviewed by Melissa Mertl
Bhimanagouda Patil, interviewed by David Bradley
Mandavilli Gourie-Devi, interviewed by John Bonner
Stanislas Dehaene, interviewed by Laura Spinney
Tania Baker, interviewed by Rabiya S. Tuma
Richard M. Losick, interviewed by Emma Patten-Hitt
Shoshana Wodak, interviewed by Julie Clayton
Roger Crouch, interviewed by Daniel Edelstein
Maria Ermolaeva, interviewed by David Bradley
Gary Siuzdak, interviewed by David Bradley
Steven Chu, interviewed by Anne Jacobson
Ormond MacDougald, interviewed by David Bradley
Douglas H. Erwin, interviewed by Daniel Edelstein
Egbert Giles Leigh, interviewed by Daniel Edelstein
Nenad Ban, interviewed by David Bradley
Gregor Mendel, "interviewed" by David Bradley
Gianni Pezzoli, interviewed by David Bradley
Bruce Spiegelman, interviewed by David Bradley
Eugene Odum, interviewed by Daniel Edelstein
Gary W. Barrett, interviewed by Daniel Edelstein
Sir Ghillean Prance, interviewed by Daniel Edelstein
Fernando Retuerto Prieto, interviewed by David Bradley
Allan Jordan, interviewed by David Bradley
Matteo di Tommaso, interviewed by David Bradley
Gene E. Likens, interviewed by Daniel Edelstein
Marvalee Wake, interviewed by Daniel Edelstein
Johnny Huard, interviewed by David Bradley
Gordon Orians, interviewed by Daniel Edelstein
Rod Dillon, interviewed by David Bradley
Philip Cohen, interviewed by David Bradley
Timothy C. Thompson, interviewed by David Bradley
Julian Edmund Davies, interviewed by David Bradley
George Daniel Demetri, interviewed by David Bradley
Monica Hughes, interviewed by David Bradley
Richard M. Walmsley, interviewed by David Bradley
Eric Kool, interviewed by David Bradley
R.E.W. (Bob) Hancock, interviewed by David Bradley
Ron Stenkamp, interviewed by David Bradley
Charles Darwin, "interviewed" by David Bradley
Larry K. Keefer, interviewed by David Bradley
Dlawer Ala'aldeen, interviewed by David Bradley
Susan Greenfield, interviewed by David Bradley
Rupert Sheldrake, interviewed by David Bradley
Fiona S.L. Brinkman, interviewed by David Bradley
Richard Moss, interviewed by David Bradley
Steve Jones, interviewed by David Bradley

bottom Debate
Genetically Modified Foods, moderated by Joel I. Cohen
Persistent Vegetative State, moderated by Nicholas D. Schiff
Journals Online: PubMed Central and Beyond, moderated by Lois Wingerson
Life: What Exactly Is It?, originally published on the Science Channel
Conciousness, originally published on the Science Channel
Alternative Medicine, moderated by Wallace Sampson
The Future of Medical Publishing, originally published on the Science Channel
Gene Therapy, moderated by Inder Verma
Cannibalism, originally published on the Science Channel
Science Funding, moderated by Donna Crane
Medical Use of Marijuana, moderated by Richard Musty
Career Changes in Science, moderated by Amy Fluet
Model Systems, moderated by Jessica Bolker

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It Ain't Necessarily So: How Media Make and Unmake the Scientific Picture of Reality,
by David Murray, Joel Schwartz, and S. Robert Lichter; reviewed by Dan Ferber
Winning the Games Scientists Play: Strategies for Enhancing Your Career in Science,
by Carl J. Sindermann; reviewed by Charles Ouimet
Annie's Box: Charles Darwin, His Daughter and Human Evolution,
by Randal Keynes; reviewed by Robert W. Wallace
Evolution's Workshop God and Science on the Galápagos Islands,
by Edward J. Larson; reviewed by Blake Edgar
Trust Us, We're Experts: How Industry Manipulates Science and Gambles With Your Future,
by Sheldon Rampton and John Stauber; reviewed by Sibylle Hechtel
Blood Feud,
by Chris Wiggins; reviewed by Charles Ouimet
The Eternal Frontier: An Ecological History of North America and Its Peoples,
by Tim Flannery; reviewed by Ed Voves
Mosquito: A Natural History of Our Most Persistent and Deadly Foe,
by Andrew Spielman, Sc.D., and Michael D'Antonio; reviewed by Edward McSweegan
Fly: The Unsung Hero in the History of Genetics,
by Martin Brookes; reviewed by Druin Burch
Darwin's Radio,
by Greg Bear; reviewed by Jim Kling
In the Wake of the Plague: The Black Death and the World It Made,
by Norman F. Cantor; reviewed by Jonathan Beard
The Quest for Immortality: Science at the Frontiers of Aging,
by S. Jay Olshansky and Bruce A. Carnes; reviewed by Ed Voves
Rocks of Ages: Science and Religion in the Fullness of Life,
by Stephen Jay Gould; reviewed by Druin Burch
Tomorrow's Cures Today?: How to Reform the Health Research System,
by Donald R. Forsdyke; reviewed by Charles C. Ouimet
Scientific Integrity: An Introductory Text with Cases,
by Francis L. Macrina; reviewed by Tim Atkinson
Victorian Sensation: The Extraordinary Publication, Reception, and Secret Authorship of Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation,
by James A. Secord; reviewed by Ed Voves
Icons of Evolution: Science or Myth?,
by Jonathan Wells; reviewed by Jim Dawson
Trilobite!: Eyewitness to Evolution,
by Richard Fortey; reviewed by Jonathan D. Beard
Darwin's Worms: On Life Stories and Death Stories,
by Adam Phillips; reviewed by Tim Tokaryk
Plague Time: How Stealth Infections Cause Cancers, Heart Disease, and Other Deadly Ailments,
by Paul W. Ewald; reviewed by Edward McSweegan
Bold Science: Seven Scientists Who Are Changing Our World,
by Ted Anton; reviewed by Jim Dawson
Life's Matrix: A Biography of Water,
by Philip Ball; reviewed by Ed Voves
Who Wrote the Book of Life?: A History of the Genetic Code,
by Lily E. Kay; reviewed by Alan I. Packer
Biotechnology Is Murder,
by Dirk Wyle; reviewed by Charles Ouimet
Guide to Nontraditional Careers in Science,
by Karen Young Kreeger; reviewed by Peter S. Fiske
Great Minds of Science,
Hosted by Paul Hoffman; reviewed by Dean A. Haycock
The Monk in the Garden: The Lost and Found Genius of Gregor Mendel,
by Robin Marantz Henig; reviewed by Jim Dawson
A Gathering of Wonders: Behind the Scenes at the American Museum of Natural History,
by Joseph Wallace; reviewed by Alan I. Packer
The Triumph of Evolution and the Failure of Creationism,
by Niles Eldredge; reviewed by Gordy Slack
Biography of a Germ,
by Arno Karlen; reviewed by Edward McSweegan
The Natural History of Rape: Biological Bases of Sexual Coercion,
by Randy Thornhill and Craig T. Palmer; reviewed by Clyde M. Burnham
Africa in My Blood: An Autobiography in Letters,
by Jane Goodall, edited by Dale Peterson; reviewed by Jim Dawson
The Art of Genes: How Organisms Make Themselves,
by Enrico Coen; reviewed by Alan I. Packer
Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters,
by Matt Ridley; reviewed by Ed Voves
The Scientist in the Crib: Minds, Brains, and How Children Learn,
by Alison Gopnik, Andrew Meltzoff, and Patricia Kuhl; reviewed by Sibylle Hechtel
God After Darwin: A Theology of Evolution,
by John F. Haught; reviewed by Alan I. Packer
Nonzero: The Logic of Human Destiny,
by Robert Wright; reviewed by Clyde M. Burnham
Millions of Monarchs, Bunches of Beetles: How Bugs Find Strength in Numbers,
by Gilbert Waldbauer; reviewed by Jonathan Beard
Erasmus Darwin: A Life of Unequalled Achievement,
by Desmond King-Hele; reviewed by Tim Tokaryk
Injured Brains of Medical Minds: Views from Within,
Edited by Narinder Kapur; reviewed by Morten Kringelbach
Nabokov's Blues: The Scientific Odyssey of a Literary Genius,
by Kurt Johnson and Steve Coates; reviewed by Jonathan D. Beard
Sensory Exotica: A World Beyond Human Experience,
by Howard C. Hughes; reviewed by Ed Voves
The Sun, the Genome, and the Internet: Tools of Scientific Revolutions,
by Freeman J. Dyson; reviewed by Jim Dawson
The Mammal in the Mirror Understanding Our Place in the Natural World,
by David P. Barash and Ilona A. Barash; reviewed by Ed Voves
Phantoms in the Brain: Probing the Mysteries of the Human Mind,
by V.S. Ramachandran and Sandra Blakeslee; reviewed by Morten Kringelbach
The Missing Moment: How the Unconscious Shapes Modern Science,
by Robert Pollack; reviewed by Alan I. Packer
The Politics of Pure Science,
by Daniel S. Greenberg; reviewed by Tim Tokaryk
The Feeling of What Happens: Body and Emotion in the Making of Consciousness,
by Antonio Damasio; reviewed by Ed Voves
Joseph Leidy: The Last Man Who Knew Everything,
by Leonard Warren; reviewed by Tim Tokaryk
How Scientists Explain Disease,
by Paul Thagard; reviewed by Ed Voves
Survival of the Prettiest: The Science of Beauty,
by Nancy Etcoff; reviewed by Sibylle Hechtel
The Hunting Apes: Meat Eating and the Origins of Human Behavior,
by Craig B. Stanford; reviewed by Jim Dawson
Servants of Nature: A History of Scientific Institutions, Enterprises, and Sensibilities, by Lewis Pyenson and Susan Sheets-Pyenson; reviewed by Ed Voves
Sudden Origins: Fossils, Genes, and the Emergence of Species, by Jeffrey H. Schwartz; reviewed by Alan I. Packer
Time, Love, Memory: A Great Biologist and His Quest for the Origins of Behavior, by Jonathan Weiner; reviewed by Marla E. Cohen
Tower of Babel: The Evidence against the New Creationism, by Robert T. Pennock (reviewed by Tim Tokaryk)
Biohazard: The Chilling True Story of the Largest Covert Biological Weapons Program in the World by the Man Who Ran It, by Ken Alibek with Stephen Handelman (reviewed by Dean Haycock)
Unnatural Selection: The Promise and the Power of Human Gene Research, by Lois Wingerson (reviewed by Jim Dawson)
Advice for a Young Investigator, by Santiago Ramón y Cajal (translated by Neely and Larry W. Swanson), and Advice to a Young Scientist by Peter Medawar (reviewed by Alan I. Packer)
Egg and Ego: An Almost True Story of Life in the Biology Lab, by J.M.W. Slack (reviewed by Alan I. Packer)
The Complete Dinosaur, edited by James O. Farlow and Michael K. Brett-Surman (reviewed by Graeme D. Ruxton)
Mr. Darwin's Shooter, by Roger MacDonald (reviewed by Tim Tokaryk)
Rewinding Your Biological Clock: Motherhood Late in Life, by Richard J. Paulson and Judith Sachs (reviewed by Jeanine Barone)
Time Machines: Scientific Explorations in Deep Time, by Peter D. Ward (reviewed by Tim Tokaryk)
Night Comes to the Cretaceous: Dinosaur Extinction and the Transformation of Modern Geology, by James Lawrence Powell (reviewed by Blake Edgar)
A History of Molecular Biology, by Michel Morange (reviewed by Jim Dawson)
Unweaving the Rainbow: Science, Delusion, and the Appetite for Wonder, by Richard Dawkins (reviewed by Alan I. Packer)
Blood: An Epic History of Medicine and Commerce, by Douglas Starr (reviewed by Ed Voves)
Holiday Reading: Browsing for the Big Picture, by Dean Haycock
The Trembling Mountain: A Personal Account of Kuru, Cannibals, and Mad Cow Disease, by Robert Klitzman (reviewed by Jeanine Barone)
The Nurture Assumption: Why Children Turn Out the Way They Do, by Judith Rich Harris (reviewed by John W. Murray)
Toward a Democratic Science: Scientific Narration and Civic Communication, by Richard Harvey Brown (reviewed by Jim Dawson)
At the Bench: A Laboratory Navigator, by Kathy Barker (reviewed by Alan I. Packer)
Great Feuds in Science: Ten of the Liveliest Disputes Ever, by Hal Hellman (reviewed by Tim Tokaryk)
The Greatest Benefit to Mankind: A Medical History of Humanity, by Roy Porter (reviewed by Ed Voves)
Frankenstein's Footsteps: Science, Genetics and Popular Culture, by Jon Turney (reviewed by Walter Gratzer)
Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge, by Edward O. Wilson (reviewed by Tim Tokaryk)dd>Becoming Human: Evolution and Human Uniqueness, by Ian Tattersall (reviewed by Blake Edgar)
At the Water's Edge Macroevolution and the Transformation of Life, by Carl Zimmer (reviewed by Alan I. Packer)
Music, the Brain, and Ecstasy: How Music Captures Our Imagination, by Robert Jourdain (reviewed by Robert Finn)
The Trouble With Testosterone And Other Essays on the Biology of the Human Predicament, by Robert M. Sapolsky (reviewed by Marla E. Cohen and Avrom J. Caplan)
Living Downstream: An Ecologist Looks at Cancer and the Environment, by Sandra Steingraber (reviewed by Dan Ferber)
The Mistaken Extinction W. H. Freeman and Company, by Lowell Dingus and Timothy Rowe (reviewed by Tim Tokaryk)
Remaking Eden: Cloning and Beyond in a Brave New World, by Lee M. Silver (reviewed by Alan I. Packer)
Buzz: The Science and Lore of Alcohol and Caffeine, by Stephen Braun (reviewed by Matthew Cockerill)
Deep-Ocean Journeys: Discovering Life at the Bottom of the Sea, by Cindy Lee Van Dover (reviewed by John D. Rummel)dd>Why We Age: What Science Is Discovering about the Body's Journey through Life, by Steven N. Austad (reviewed by Keena D. Lykins)

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Dreamweaver 4, reviewed by Robyn Ness
REALbasic Professional Edition 3.5, reviewed by John Ray
ACLUSTER 2.0, reviewed by Virginia Fitzpatrick
VMD (Visual Molecular Dynamics) 1.7, reviewed by William C. Ray
RasMol 2.7, reviewed by Timothy Driscoll
Canvas 8.01, reviewed by Ellen M. Quardokus
LifeSeq Public Bioinformatics Tool, reviewed by Charlie Schick
OmniGraffle 1.0.1, reviewed by Ellen M. Quardokus
Biotechnix 3d 1.0.0, reviewed by Catherine O'Connell and David Carroll
Mac OS X, reviewed by Mark Kizirian
Star Office 5.2: Open Office build 619, reviewed by William C. Ray
Array Designer 1.15, reviewed by S. Lalitha
FileMaker Mobile 1.0 for Palm OS, reviewed by Charlie Schick
Nisus Writer 6.0.1, reviewed by Ellen M. Quardokus
GCG Wisconsin Package 10.1, reviewed by William C. Ray
Primer Premier 5, reviewed by S. Lalitha
OMIGA 2.0, reviewed by Paul Mittelstadt
DnaSP 3.50, reviewed by Stephen W. Schaeffer
REALbasic 2.1.2, reviewed by Mark Schier
WebLab ViewerPro 3.7, reviewed by Timothy Driscoll
AxoGraph 4.6 (with optional Data Acquisition Package), reviewed by Matt Jones
MacVector 7.0, reviewed by George W. Chacko
Adobe Illustrator 9.0, reviewed by Tim Vojt
Swiss-PdbViewer 3.5, reviewed by Timothy Driscoll
Adobe PageMaker Plus 6.52, reviewed by Tim Vojt
Boxit 1.0, reviewed by Charlie Schick
Sequence Quickie-Calc 1.0, reviewed by Catherine O'Connell
pro Fit 5.5.0, reviewed by H. Steven Wiley
Adobe Acrobat 4.0, reviewed by George W. Chacko
Deltasoft PC 1.53, reviewed by John Fetter
Filemaker Pro 5: Unlimited and Developer, reviewed by Charlie Schick
GeneSpring 3.1, reviewed by Joseph P. Silva
StatsDirect 1.615, reviewed by Virginia Fitzpatrick
Digital Frog 2, reviewed by Susan Chacko
KaleidaGraph 3.5, reviewed by George W. Chacko
NIH Image 1.62, reviewed by Charlie Schick
GraphicConverter 3.8, reviewed by Charlie Schick
CodeWarrior Release 5, reviewed by Douglas Bowman
TotalLab 1.00, reviewed by Markus Hardt
Clone Manager 5.2, Primer Designer 4.1, Align Plus 4.0, reviewed by Catherine O'Connell
Mathematica 4.0, reviewed by Asa Oudes
Citation 7.1 for Windows, reviewed by Ellen M. Quardokus
IPLab 3.2.4 for Macintosh, reviewed by George W. Chacko
Primer Premier 4.1, reviewed by James Schmeits
Bookends Plus 5.0.1 for Macintosh, reviewed by Ellen M. Quardokus
Papyrus 8.0.6 for Macintosh, reviewed by Ellen M. Quardokus
Vector NTI Suite for Macintosh and Windows, reviewed by H. Steven Wiley
Chemscape Chime 2.0.3 for Windows 95/NT and Macintosh, reviewed by Steve Woods
DeltaGraph, reviewed by George W. Chacko
SigmaPlot 5.0 for Windows, reviewed by Charlie Schick
IGOR Pro 3.14, reviewed by Mark Rand
Omiga 1.1.3 For Windows, reviewed by Gestur Vidarsson
Oligo 6.4, reviewed by Paul Muhlrad
EndNote 3.1 for Macintosh, reviewed by Ellen M. Quardokus
Spotfire Pro 4.0, reviewed by Aydemir Akin
Bioinformatics: Guide for Evaluating Bioinformatic Software, reviewed by Steve Bottomley
ColorIt! 4.01 for Macintosh, reviewed by Ellen M. Quardokus
GraphPad Prism, reviewed by Ellen M. Quardokus
Software Survey: What Can We Review for You?
Genetwork: Detection of Potential Target Genes in Silico?, reviewed by Giovanni Lavorgna, Edoardo Boncinelli, Andreas Wagner, and Thomas Werner
MOLE: Molecular Graphics and Computation for Windows, from Applied Thermodynamics, reviewed by Marie-Claire Daou
Nisus Writer 5.1.3, reviewed by Marie-Claire Daou
Arcus QuickStat (Biomedical) 1.1, reviewed by Dylan Bulseco
Executor 2.0: Abacus Research and Development, Inc., reviewed by Steve Woods
SeqWeb 1.0 for GCG Wisconsin Package, reviewed by Dylan A. Bulseco
StrainMan 1.0.4: Caesar Software, LLC, reviewed by Ellen M. Quardokus
Interactive Biology Multimedia Series: CyberEd Inc., reviewed by Michelle Friend Hutton
Amplify 1.2 for Macintosh: Software for PCR, reviewed by Steve Woods
Life Sciences Workbench Data Analysis Toolbox for Excel, reviewed by Gil Alterovitz
Interactive Biology Multimedia Series, reviewed by Gary Fortier
GraphPad InStat 3 for Windows, reviewed by Dylan A. Bulseco
Mathematica 3.0, reviewed by Jose G. Teodoro
NIH Image 1.61 for Macintosh, reviewed by Ellen M. Quardokus
Lasergene for Windows 95 and NT, reviewed by Steve Woods
Electronic NIH Grant Applications with GrantForms, reviewed by Emmanouil Skoufos
Grant Tracker 5.2 for Windows, reviewed by Al Aplin
EndNote Plus 2.2 and EndLink 2.0, reviewed by Ellen M. Quardokus
Prophet 5.0: National Institutes of Health and BBN Technologies, reviewed by Emmanouil Skoufos
Analysis of Protein Sequences with PepTool: BioTools Inc., reviewed by Stuart M. Brown
S-PLUS 4.0 for Windows: MathSoft, Inc., reviewed by Dylan Bulseco

bottom Software Solutions
Using Origin's Nonlinear Curve Fitter for Simultaneously Fitting Two Datasets to Two Different Equations, by Ryan Toomey
Text-Based Database Searching, by Fran Lewitter
Correction for [3H]-cAMP Recovery Using Microcal Origin, by Dylan A. Bulseco
Analysis of Standard Curves with SigmaPlot 4.0, by Richard Mitchell
Automatic F Tests to Compare Nonlinear Fits with GraphPad Prism, reviewed by Dylan Bulseco
NIH Image for Alignment of Serial Sections, by David J. Merritt
Differential Equations with pro Fit, by Kurt Sutter
Getting Lecture Notes Online with Documentation Studio, by Dylan Bulseco
Minimal Models for Glucose and Insulin Kinetics with MLAB, by Gary D. Knott

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Crimes Against Nature, from Crimes Against Nature: Squatters, Poachers, Thieves, and the Hidden History of American Conservation, by Karl Jacoby
Human Trials, from Human Trials: Scientists, Investors, and Patients in the Quest for a Cure, by Susan Quinn
Frogs, Flies & Dandelions, from Frogs, Flies & Dandelions: Speciation-The Evolution of New Species, by Menno Schilthuizen
Tales from the Underground, from Tales from the Underground: A Natural History of Subterranean Life, by David W. Wolfe
Autobiography, more from Collected Essays, by Thomas Henry Huxley
Autobiography, from Collected Essays, by Thomas Henry Huxley
Crime Watch, from Loose Ends, by Sydney Brenner
We Can Sleep Later, from We Can Sleep Later: Alfred D. Hershey and the Origins of Molecular Biology, Edited by Franklin W. Stahl
The Voyage of the Beagle, by Charles Darwin
Are We Hardwired?, from Are We Hardwired? The Role of Genes in Human Behavior, by William R. Clark and Michael Grunstein
A Passion for DNA, from A Passion for DNA: Genes, Genomes, and Society, by James D. Watson
Science in Translation, from Science in Translation: Movements of Knowledge through Cultures and Time, by Scott L. Montgomery
Pandora's Picnic Basket, from Pandora's Picnic Basket: The Potential and Hazards of Genetically Modified Foods, by Alan McHughen
Killer Algae, from Killer Algae, by Alexandre Meinesz Translated by Daniel Simberloff
Xeno, from Xeno: The Promise of Transplanting Animal Organs into Humans, by David K.C. Cooper and Robert P. Lanza
French DNA, from French DNA: Trouble in Purgatory, by Paul Rabinow
The Undiscovered Mind, by John Horgan
The Nothing That Is, by Robert Kaplan
Three Hypotheses Respecting the History of Nature, by Thomas Henry Huxley
Time of Our Lives, by Tom Kirkwood
The Tale of the Beagle, by Lois Wingerson
Almost Like a Whale, by Steve Jones
The Nature of the Book: Print and Knowledge in the Making, by Adrian Johns
The Growth of Science in the Nineteenth Century, by Sir Michael Foster
The Voyage of the Beagle, by Charles Darwin
Why Is It So Difficult to Write the History of Contemporary Science? , by Jeff Hughes and Thomas Söderqvist
Mesmerized, by Alison Winter
The Touchstone of Life, by Werner R. Loewenstein
On the Physical Basis of Life, by Thomas Henry Huxley
What Remains to Be Discovered, by John Maddox
Waking Up in the Universe - review and video clips from Richard Dawkins' Faraday lectures, by Matthew Cockerill
The Pattern of Evolution, by Niles Eldredge
Scope and Limit of Scientific Materialism, by John Tyndall
A Place on the Glacial Till from A Place on the Glacial Till: Time, Land, and Nature Within an American Town , by Thomas Fairchild Sherman
Mood Genes from Mood Genes: Hunting For Origins of Mania and Depression, by Samuel H. Barondes
Pulvis et Umbra from Across the Plains, by Robert Louis Stevenson
Night Comes to the Cretaceous from Night Comes to the Cretaceous: Dinosaur Extinction and the Transformation of Modern Geology, by James Lawrence Powell
Viral Sex from Viral Sex: The Nature of AIDS, by Jaap Goudsmit
Nafanua from Nafanua: Saving the Samoan Rain Forest, by Paul Alan Cox
The Scientific Revolution from The Scientific Revolution, by Steven Shapin
The Handicap Principle from The Handicap Principle: A Missing Piece of Darwin's Puzzle , by Amotz and Avishag Zahavi
Privileged Hands from Privileged Hands: A Remarkable Scientific Life, by Geerat Vermeij
Photographing Feelings from The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals, by Charles Darwin
A Revolution in Dating from The Origin of Modern Humans, by Roger Lewin
Hopeful Monsters from The Ovary of Eve: Egg and Sperm and Preformation, by Clara Pinto-Correia
David in His Bubble: X-linked SCID from The New Healers: The Promise and Problems of Molecular Medicine in the Twenty-first Century, by William R. Clark
From Concept to Tool from Making PCR: A Story of Biotechnology, by Paul Rabinow
The Slow Birth of Biology from The Ascent of Science, by Brian L. Silver
Yellow Fever from Viruses, Plagues, and History, by Michael B.A. Oldstone
Rules of the Moral Economy from Lords of the Fly: Drosophila Genetics and the Experimental Life , by Robert E. Kohler
Extraordinary Little Beast from Lords of the Fly: Drosophila Genetics and the Experimental Life , by Robert E. Kohler
Splitting the Brain from Left Brain, Right Brain: Perspectives from Cognitive Neuroscience, by Sally P. Springer and Georg Deutsch

bottom Poem
To Sleep, by John Keats
Catechismic Chaos, by Anna Tambour
Urban Wildlife - Toronto, by Lynn Kozlowski
Sonnet to the Color Black, by Edward, Lord Herbert of Cherbury
Ghost of an Arcadian Hominid (after reading The Face of Violence by J. Bronowski), by Keith Davies
My Mother's Friend Shows Me the Human Womb, by Ivy Warwick
A Day in the Life of a Red Ant Guard, by Anna Tambour
A Body of Work, by Vijay Aswani
Directions, by Kevin D. Young
Peer Review Anthology, by Lynn Kozlowski
Dementophobia: The Lonely Life of a Scientist, by Charles Baker
What We Learn in Medical School, by Dorothy Sutton
A Thunderstorm, by Archibald Lampman
Carolina Wren (For Cindy Hogan), by Wallace Kaufman
Sunflower, by Allen C. Fischer
Jonah Remembers the Whale, by Ivy Warwick
The World Below the Brine, by Walt Whitman
Pilling the Man, by Lynn Kozlowski
Late Autumn Night in Iowa, by Mitul Sarkar
Winter Uplands, by Archibald Lampman
Needles of the Kyrie, by Allen C. Fischer
Octopus, by Arthur Clement Hilton
Memory, by John Stone
Barnacles, by Jack Coulehan
Homo Faber 2000 (After reading Homo Faber by Max Frisch), by Keith Davies
Blue, by Dennis Shay
Bees, by Norman Rowland Gale
Transplant, by John Stone
To the Immortal Memory of the Halibut, on Which I Dined This Day, Monday, April 26, 1784, by William Cowper
Academic Termination, by Lynn Kozlowski
Observer Effects on Weather at the Gulf of Carpentaria, by Michael Grove
Experimental Protocol, by William John Watkins
The Angler, by Thomas Buchanan Reed
Fossil Shell, by Michael Grove
My Mother Shows Me the Human Brain: Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Warsaw, by Ivy Warwick
Best Thoughts, by Samantha Zeitlin
Hymn To Science, by Mark Akenside
Phylogeny of Me, by Bruce Alan Noll
"The Idea Is to Have Hearts on a Shelf", by Maria Terrone
The Mathematician to His Mate, by Ivan Berger
Darwin, Once Meant For The Clergy, Imagines His Sermon On Noah, by Ivy Warwick
Ad Astra, by Michael Grove
Touching the Spring of the Air, by Chris Dietz
While Watching His Own Echocardiogram, He Welcomes in the New Year, by John Stone
Spinal Tap, by Carol Wierzbicki
Double Helix, by Barbara Seaman
Globe, by Mark Featherstone
Song Of The Worm , by Eliza Cook
A Visit from Dr. Merlin , by Richard Solly
A Rare and Still Scandalous Subject, by Richard Solly
News, by Richard Solly
The Goodnight Kiss, by Richard Solly
Dog Science, by Jennifer Nerissa Davis
The Skylark, by John Clare
To a Mouse, by Robert Burns
The Science of Longevity, by Jemshed Khan
Sonnet - To Science, by Edgar Allan Poe
Disclaimer, and an Invitation, by Trenton Hickman
To Music, to becalm his Fever, by Robert Herrick
Lines Written in Early Spring, by William Wordsworth
Arboretum, by Mark Featherstone
The Bass, by John Stone
The Snake, by Emily Dickinson
Madame Curie, by Maria Terrone
Two Bodies, by Richard Solly
Gross Anatomy: Five Poems, by Sabrina Hussain
Thrushes, by Siegfried Sassoon
To Autumn, by John Keats
On the Grasshopper and Cricket, by John Keats
The Urine Specimen, by Ted Kooser
The Snail, by Richard Lovelace
An Evolutionary Nod to God: Station 4, by Douglas Livingstone
The Seasons: Summer (excerpts), by James Thomson
The Caterpillar, by Anna Laetitia Barbauld
The Buzzard, by José Emilio Pacheco
A Contemplation upon Flowers, by Henry King
Address to a Patrician at Station 8, by Douglas Livingstone

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The Evolutionary Timeline of Trees, by Rachel Ehrenberg
Medicinal Marijuana: Weeding Out the Evidence, by Cindy Seiwert
Biology's Light Bulbs, by Mike May
Nutrition on the Net, by Elaine Shen
Pain, by Cindy Seiwert
Panspermia: Where Did We Come From?, by Emily Willingham
Untangling Twisted Polymers, by Mike May
Looking Back on Biology, by Amy Fluet
Digging for Dinosaurs Online, by Mike May
Sleepless in Cyberspace, by Nicola Gaedeke
The Placebo Effect: It's Not All in Your Head, by Cindy Seiwert
Eyes on the Web, by Amy Fluet
Robot-Assisted Microsurgery, by Mike May
Cleaning Up Pollution with Plants, by Nicola Gaedeke
Early Images: Developmental Biology Online, by Amy Fluet
Biomathematics: Painting Biology by Numbers, by Kyle Shertzer
Inside an Infant's Brain, by Cindy Seiwert
Chemistry for Biologists, by Amy Fluet
The Spread of Mad Cow Disease, by Mike May
Exploring EMFs, by Amy Fluet
Depression: It's Not Just in Your Head, by Cindy Seiwert
Where Materials Meet Biology, by Pamela M. Gannon
Proteomics: Proteins Get Their Turn, by Amy Fluet
Molecular Visualization for the Masses, by David J. Marcey
Schizophrenia: A Disorder of Neural Development?, by Cindy Seiwert
The Next Big Step: Functional Genomics, by Amy Fluet
Career Resources for Bioscientists, by Pamela M. Gannon
Attacking Cancer with the Web, by Laura Bonetta
A Cellular Fountain of Youth?, by Cindy Seiwert
It's Time We Had a Little Chat, by Amy Fluet
Genes on the Web, by Pamela M. Gannon
Microscale Biomedical Devices, by Amit Singh
Cataloging the Web of Life: Biodiversity Web Sites, by Amy Fluet
Signaling in Plant Cells, by Gethyn J. Allen
Changing Landscapes for Proteins, by Gordon S. Rule
Hot Sites: Online Global Warming Data, by Amy Fluet
Science Shopping, by Mike May
All about Arabidopsis, by Amy Fluet
Bionics from Biochips, by Mike May
Human Genome Project: An Update, by Emily Willingham
Growing Resources: Botanical Gardens Online, by Amy Fluet
Networks of Neurons, by Mike May
What's Cookin' in Food Science?, by Jenni Laidman
Getting Through Graduate School, by Amy Fluet
A Biological Century, by Mike May
Statistically Significant Sites, by Amy Fluet
A High-Tech Food Fight, by Mike May
Astrobiology Online, by Beth Schachter
In the Chips for DNA Expression, by Mike May
Muscling Your Way around the Web, by Nancy Ross-Flanigan
Following Photons through Photosynthesis, by Jenni Laidman
Leonardo Online: The Anatomical Studies of Leonardo da Vinci, by Dean A. Haycock
Bioinformatics Software Online, by James Cuff
VRML for Biology, by Mike May
Nature's Pharmacy, by John C. Batulis
Zoological Parks, by Nancy Ross-Flanigan
Pathways to Enlightenment, by Amy Fluet
Endocrine Disrupters: Mountain or Molehill?, by Emily Willingham
Virtual Cuts: Bloodless, Online Dissections, by Dean A. Haycock
Sequencing Sites, by Amy Fluet
Y2K: A Web of Worries, by Mike May
Online Biotechnology Resources, by Kevin Ahern
Browsing for Birds, by Mike May
Honey, I Shrunk the MEMS, by Katherine Austin
The Rhythmic Tick of the Biological Clock, by Kate Winkler
Take a Walk on Biology's Mechanical Side, by Mike May
Locating Mind with Magnetism, by Martin Buechert
Cell Death's Links to the Web of Life, by Kate Winkler
Forensic Biology, by Dean A. Haycock
Molecular Modeling: Internet Resources for Biologists, by Christopher M. Smith
Science News on the Net: Fast Food, Bistro or Order In?, by Sean Henahan
Complex Systems in Biology, by Marina Chicurel
A Billion Base Pairs Up for Grabs, by Jo McEntyre
Summer Surfing with the Kids, by Amy Fluet
Web Resources for Model Organisms, by Pamela M. Gannon
Travel Medicine, by Dean A. Haycock
Internet Resources for Women Biologists, by Susan L. Forsburg
Useful Beauty: Photomicrography Websites, by Marina Chicurel
Discussion Groups on the Web, by Amy Fluet
The Forsburg Lab, by Pamela M. Gannon
Grant-Writing Tips and Resources, by Amy Fluet
Check Out the Alternatives, by Pamela M. Gannon
Chemical and Biological Warfare Online, by Dean A. Haycock
Biosupply Resources on the Web, by Pamela M. Gannon
Research Collaboration Via MOO, by Zev Leifer
A Happy Collision of Interests, by Ed Rybicki

bottom Web Site Review
A Pile of Protocols, by Mike May
Jumping into Genetics, by Mike May
Birding with a Purpose, by Amy Fluet
Shrinking Sensors, by Mike May
Rock-a-Bye Web Site, by Mike May
Translating the Tunes of Brain Resonance, by Amy Fluet
Organizing Orthopedics, by Mike May
Life from Death, by Mike May
Investigating with Insects, by Amy Fluet
Modeling the Meeting of Metal and Protein on the Net, by Christopher M. Smith
Science Daily, by Mike May
Breathing New Life into Alife Online, by Amy Fluet
FlyBase, by Pamela M. Gannon
Access Excellence, by Pamela M. Gannon
All the Virology on the WWW, by Pamela M. Gannon
Biology of the Mammary Gland, by Pamela M. Gannon
Dennis Kunkel's Microscopy, by Pamela M. Gannon
BioSpace, by Pamela M. Gannon
Alzheimer Research Forum, by Pamela M. Gannon
Yeast Site Rising, by Pamela M. Gannon
GrantsNet, by Pamela M. Gannon
The Fish Net, by Pamela M. Gannon
LabConsumer, by Pamela M. Gannon
The Protein Kinase Resource, by Pamela M. Gannon
Outbreak, by Pamela M. Gannon

bottom Careers
The Dynamics of Team Formation, by Robert W. Wallace
Researching Undergrads: Sampling Life at the Bench, by David Bradley
Making Teamwork Work: The Importance of Diverse Psychological Types, by Robert W. Wallace
"It's the Dilithium Crystals, Captain!": Science on the Screen, by David Bradley
Masters of the Biouniverse: Business for Scientists, by Fran Smith
Watch Your Extremities: The Real Survivor, by David Bradley
Booming Bioethics Seeks Sense of Self, by Maia Szalavitz
Making a Living in the Past: Museum Research, by David Bradley
New Measures: Bioengineering and the Whitaker Foundation, by Fran Smith
Corporate Academia, by David Bradley
Designer Labs: Does Aesthetics Make for Better Science?, by Jay Martin
Uncool Boffins, All: Children's Perceptions of Scientists, by David Bradley
The Sweet Smell of Success: Careers in the Perfume Industry, by Kirstie Saltsman
DNetA, by David Bradley
Bioinformatics: Key to 21st Century Biology, by Robert W. Wallace
Is Your Trailing Spouse an Insignificant Other?, by David Bradley
Forensic Science: The What, How and Why of "Who Dun It?", by Kirstie Saltsman
Contractual Obligations, by David Bradley
The Postdoc's Progress, by Jay Martin
Poached Eggheads, by David Bradley
Time Off for Good Behavior, by Beth Schachter
Plugging the British Brain Drain, by David Bradley
The Other Side of Life: Educating Young Scientists about Business, by Deborah J. Ausman
Too Few at the Top: Women in Science, by David Bradley
Who Owns Online Course Work?, by Robert W. Wallace
Peer to Peer, by David Bradley
RISE-ing to Higher Education, by Maia Szalavitz
Goodbye Benchtop, Hello Laptop, by Beth Schachter
The Humanity of Science, by Robert W. Wallace
Drawing Down the Bones, by Toni Reed
Netting a Job: Job-Hunting on the Internet, by David Bradley
Can You Be More Creative?, by Christopher G. Edwards
Power to the Postdocs: The Johns Hopkins Postdoctoral Association, by Lisa M. Kozlowski
Lab TV: When the Cameras Start Rolling, by Brian Vastag
The Right Stuff: What Distinguishes Great Scientists, by Christopher G. Edwards
New Paradigms: Teaching in Context, and on a Need-to-Know Basis, by A. Malcolm Campbell
How About a Marketing Career?, by Christopher G. Edwards
Scientist Exchange Network: The Scientific Travel Agents, by David Bradley
The Art and Science of Effective Email, by Christopher G. Edwards
Testing the Postbaccalaureate Waters at NIH, by Amanda Leigh Haag
Make Your Figures Count, by Christopher G. Edwards
Profiting from Your Thesis: The Merrill Lynch Innovation Grants Competition, by Lara Pullen
Thriving Under the Influence: Managing Conflicts of Interest, by Christopher G. Edwards
The NIH Postdoctoral Experience A View from Bethesda, by Emily Klotz
Talking Science: How to Prepare for Presentations, by Christopher G. Edwards
The Grad School Survey, by Stefanie Sanford
Ain't Misbehavin': Addressing Wrongdoing in Research, by Tabitha M. Powledge
Science and Technical Translation, by Ulrike Walter
Surviving Your First Position: You'll Manage, by Christopher G. Edwards
Bio Biz, by Lara Pullen
Science Politics for Dummies, by Christopher G. Edwards
Heavenly Labs: How to Find Them and Hellish Labs: How to Avoid or Escape Them, by Beryl Lieff Benderly and Lara Pullen
A Data Magnet for Science Careers: The Howard Hughes Web Initiative,
A Dollar in the Life, by Jim Kling
Bench Work and Bull Markets, by Jim Kling
Consider Consulting, by Christopher G. Edwards
Risk Assessment as a Career, by Lara Pullen
Creating Fairness for Women Scientists: Lessons from MIT, by Christopher G. Edwards
Incubating More Than Just Eggs: North Carolina's Research Triangle Park, by Susan Volkmar
Get a Life! New Options for Balancing Work and Home, by Christopher G. Edwards
Are You Ready for Electronic Grant Application Submission?, by Liane Reif-Lehrer
Searching for a Tenure Track? Consider the New NIH, by Christopher G. Edwards
Pictures of Life: Using Web Images to Teach Biology, by Malcolm Campbell
One Enzyme Fits All, by Malcolm Campbell
Innovation: Making Ideas Work for Themselves, by J. James Cotter
Out of the Lab and into the Kitchen, by Alison Mack
Surviving Conferences, by Sarah Bellum
Congratulations, Doctor: Now What?, by Haleh V. Samiei
Help Wanted: Mentoring in Biology, by Lois Wingerson
Home Page Homework, by A. Malcolm Campbell
Virtual Reprints as Reading Assignments, by A. Malcolm Campbell

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Holiday Books, by Dean A. Haycock
Not the Nobels 2000, by Tabitha M. Powledge
Top Ten Reasons Against Peer Review, an HMS Beagle Reader Poll
Top Ten Reasons for Peer Review, an HMS Beagle Reader Poll
Top Ten Reasons Reasons the Public Fears Science, an HMS Beagle Reader Poll
Top Ten Reasons Reasons Scientists Fear the Public, an HMS Beagle Reader Poll
Top Ten Reasons to Work in Academia, by Linnea Hager
Top Ten Reasons to Work in Industry, by Linnea Hager
Making It: The Millennium's Top Ten Inventions
The Not-Quite Nobels Your Own Top Ten in Biology, by Tabitha M. Powledge
Top Ten Reasons Not to Do a Ph.D., by Christopher G. Edwards
Top Ten Reasons to Do a Ph.D., by Christopher G. Edwards
Top Ten Nobel Laureates without Doctorates, by Linnea Hager
Top Top Ten Novels Written by Scientists, by Dean Haycock
Top Autobiographies by Scientists, by Dean Haycock
Theories of Dinosaur Extinction, by Nikheel Dhekne
Women Nobel Laureates
Beside Ourselves: The Cloning Poll
Top Ten Web Sites for Darwin and the Voyage of HMS Beagle, by Nikheel Dhekne
Copy Us on This One: Your Thoughts on Cloning
The Not-Quite Nobels, by Tabitha M. Powledge

bottom Fiction
Involuntary Servitude, by Dean S. Warren
Beauty Shop, by Susan Urbanek Linville
The Eel, by Anna Tambour
The Stubborn Strand, by Paul Looby
A Flaw in the Lord Harrington Scenario, by Steven L. Peck
The Chosen, by Anna Tambour
Hunter, by Akshita Nanda
Germ Theory, by Marlissa Campbell
POCO, by John P. Leppla
There's More to Life Than Biology, by Mike Mayer
Me-Too, by Anna Tambour
Scientia Potentia Est, by Chris Paul
Ghost in the Machine , by Paul Board
Hitler Had Only One Ball, by Josh Karpf
The Secret Lives of Plants, by Andy Oldfield
Lactose Intolerance, by Jim Kling
Harmon's Only Cow, by Mike Mayer
Squirrels, by Jeff Hecht
Natural Selection, by Jim Erkiletian
Evolution or, My First Serious Scientific Adventure and How a Poorly Planned Experiment Nearly Led to Disaster, by Paul Dueweke
Chill Pill, by Davis Ryman
Flora and Shauna, by Janet Barron
Tragedy's Children, by Ed Rybicki
POCO, by John P. Leppla
The End of Evolution as We Know It, by David Wesley Hill
Innocuous but Lethal, by Mike Adamson
Life Sentences, by Henry Slesar
Guaranteed for Life, by Carolyn Farkas
Jamais Vu, by Geoffrey A. Landis
What Really Happened, by Anthony Doerr
Radioactivity, by Keith Seifert
Calling the Children, by David Wesley Hill
The Resident Flora, by Bruce Sterling

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Research Breakthroughs from L'Institute Sacre Bleu, by Patrick Runkel
Nuts!, by Jamie Shanks
Hot Summer Science Books, Reviewed by Ben Henley
Risk Factors Associated with a Clipboard Romance: A Pilot Study, by Patrick Runkel
Parents'-Bed Addiction Do Infants Have Problem Habits, Too?, by Justin Sherman
Publication (with apologies to A.A. Milne), by Meredith G. Warshaw
Warning to Grant Reviewers, by Lloyd Fricker
Warshaw's Field Guide to Atypical Statistics, by Meredith G. Warshaw
Corpsicle, Inc., by Jim Erkiletian
If Nobel Prizes Were Decided Like Presidential Elections, by Lloyd Fricker
Gas Gauge, by Patrick Runkel
Great Scientific Papers of the Twenty-First Century, by Ben Henley
The Danger of Feline Skylight Injuries, by Lynne V. McFarland and Marc J. McFarland
The Molecular Genetics Shopper's Challenge, by Jiri Drabek
Inflating the Bionic Man, by Jamie Shanks
Summer Science Camps, by Lloyd Fricker
Everything I Need to Know I Learned on NIH Study Section, by Lloyd Fricker
Holding Your Own: Handling Developments in Developmental Biology, by Jonathan Bard
How NIH Officials Actually Convince People to Review Grant Applications, by Lloyd Fricker
Understanding the Summary Statement, by Lloyd Fricker
Future Grants, by Lloyd Fricker
Exercise Tips for Grant Reviewers, by Lloyd Fricker
Understanding the Score, by Lloyd Fricker
1999 Ig Profiles , by Karen Hopkin
The Seedy Opera , by Marc Abrahams and Don Kater
Quiz for Students in Kansas Public Schools, by Lloyd Fricker
Quiz for Potential Grant Reviewers, by Lloyd Fricker
Are You a Real Scientist?, by Lloyd Fricker
The Need for Double-Strength Placebos, by Frederic N. Firestone
Love Chemistry, by Rosie Mestel
Apples and Oranges: A Comparison, by Scott A. Sandford
Techniques for the Inadvertent Mismanipulation of Samples and their Relevance to the Ethics of Human Cloning, by Karen Hopkin and William Gerson
Il Destino di Grant Application: A Tragic Opera in Three Acts, by Lloyd Fricker

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The Evolution of Zoological Knowledge: Illustrated by Elephants, from Moira Sarsfield
With Feathers, from Cary Barnhard
Umvelt: Animal Vision, from Cary Barnhard
Journey to the Center of the Heart, from Moira Sarsfield
The Art of Healing, from Moira Sarsfield
An Apoptosis Trilogy, from Julie Newdoll
Spira Mirabilis, from Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics
Paradise Now: Picturing the Genetic Revolution, from Exit Art Materials
Covert Motions, from Eadeweard Muybridge and Marcel Duchamp
Spheres in Space, from Hewlett-Packard's Basic Research Institute
Our Fine Feathered Friends, from the Hill Ornithology Collection
Art on The Molecular Level, from David Goodsell
Botanica Online, from the Tweed Museum of Art, University of Minnesota at Duluth
Bugs Online, from The Smithsonian Institution Library
Send in the Clones, from the 1999 Ig Nobel Prize ceremony
Images of Spooky Scans, from the Combining TMS and fMRI Localisations of Function Web page
Repressor Molecules, from Control of Gene Expression Web site
Scientific Images of Feet, from Images of the Colossal Statue of Constantine, Rome
Envisioning Evolution, from the American Museum of Natural History; and
Origins, by Daniel Lee
3-D x-ray tomographic reconstruction - by Johannes Lehr; and X-rays of crabs - by Nick Veasey
Dolomite and Calcite Crystallites and Crystals Within Haversian Canals - from The Dinosaur Bone Collection, by Michael W. Davidson
Art for Science's Sake, Science for Art's Sake, reprinted from the Wellcome Trust's: Before Birth: The Art and Science of Life in the Womb
Acute stroke, speech arrest, MR-PD, from Keith A. Johnson and J. Alex Becker ; and "My mind gallops in a tundra...", by Ellen Driscoll
Cytochrome C, detail, from Irving Geis; and Dreamtime Heroes of the Great Sandy Desert, by Tjumpo Tjapanangk
DNA Phase Transition, from Michael W. Davidson; and A Portrait of DNA, by Roger Berry
Mouse fibroblasts (160x), Fluorescence, from Barbara A. Danowski; and Lost Referential, LP Demers & Bill Vorn
Drug molecules, from Gayle Gross de Nunez and SAVANTES; and Traveler on the Yellow Wave, by William S. Burroughs
Frog Reconstructions, The Whole Frog Project; and Desert Iguana, by Carol Selter
Images from Nature, an illustrated catalog from London's Natural History Museum
Breath Taken: The Landscape & Biography of Asbestos, an exhibition by Bill Ravanesi

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Defining Danger: Risk Assessment, by Maia Szalavitz
Navigating the Blue Desert: Coral Reef Fish, by Bob Beale
Extinction, by Fred Powledge
Mussels' Muscle, by Rabiya S. Tuma
AIDS in Hiding: The Search for Latent Reservoirs, by Robert W. Wallace
Bullants, by Bob Beale
The Silent Assassins, by Scott G. Ewan
Private Care, Public Health: Health Care and the Green Challenge, by Barbara deSouza MacMath
Sex Matters: Gender-Based Medical Research, by Sanyin Siang
School Crossings: Bio-X and Interdisciplinary Research, by Fran Smith
The Problematic Placebo Effect, by Bob Roehr
Xenotransplantation Gains Momentum, by Sanyin Siang
Apoptosis, by Maia Szalavitz
The Art of the Pipet, by Jay Martin
Forecast for Tomorrow: Birds!, by Jay Withgott
In the Wake of Thalidomide: Treating Morning Sickness, by Kirstie Saltsman
Let's Hear It For Those Other Genomes!, by Jay Withgott
Of Mice and Men: The POMC Controversy, by Maia Szalavitz
Is Bacterial Infection Carcinogenic?, by Kirstie Saltsman
Telomerase, Cancer, and Aging So Many Promises to Keep, by Jane Salodof MacNeil
Mood Menders: New Research on Antidepressants, by Maia Szalavitz
The Jungles and Deserts of Chromosomes, by Rabiya S. Tuma
Drugs to Fight Drugs, by Maia Szalavitz
West Nile Virus: Coming to a Neighborhood Near You?, by Daniel Edelstein
U.S. Elects to Spend on Science, by Sanyin Siang
Sex, Frogs, and Danger in the Loo: The 2000 Ig Nobel Prizes, by Karen Hopkin
An Australian Approach to Conservation: Earth Sanctuaries Limited, by Rabiya S. Tuma
A Conversation with Stephen Jay Gould, by Daniel Edelstein
South Africa's Other Battle: AIDS, Drugs, and Clinical Trials, by Sanyin Siang
DNA Banks: Noah's Ark at -200 °C, by Rabiya S. Tuma
The Mismeasure of Woman: Women and Clinical Trials, by Sanyin Siang
The Physician-Scientist: A Conversation with Leon Rosenberg, interviewed by Dorian Devins

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Artificiality Embodied: AI: Artificial Intelligence, by Adam Rutherford and Julian Ogilvie
Poison with Potential: Puffer Fish, by Maia Szalavitz
Improper Lab Partners: Conflicts of Interest, by Sanyin Siang
Transcranial Stimulation, by Maia Szalavitz
Back from the Brink: Cloning Endangered Species, by Pamela Weintraub
Conjuring an Image of the Environment International Biodiversity Observation Year, by Fred Powledge
Targeting Malaria, by Emma Patten-Hitt
Boosting the Blood Bank, by Mike May
Unbalanced New Spin on Ménière's Disease, by Maia Szalavitz
X Marks the Sperm: A Clue to Infertility, by Mark L. Fuerst
Biocomplexity: New Way to Do Science, or Just Another Buzzword?, by Fred Powledge
Evolutionary Psychology, by Maia Szalavitz
Global Giving: The Gates Foundation and Others, by Joel N. Shurkin
Guarding the Galapagos, by Robert W. Wallace
A Bug's Life, by Scott G. Ewan
Money: The New Face of Ecology, by Rabiya S. Tuma
Kansas Education Evolves, by Robert W. Wallace
Flesh and Bones The Inside Story, by Toni Reed
The New Collaboration: Vendors and Research, by Jay Martin
Thinking Like a Chimp, by Rabiya S. Tuma
Brain Food Opera, by Don Kater and Marc Abrahams
New Developments, Ongoing Debate: The NIH Stem Cell Guidelines, by Sanyin Siang
The Essence of a Sniff, by Marc Abrahams
The 18th International Congress of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology: BioMedNet Conference Reporter, by Alison Jordan and Laura Spinney
The 18th International Congress of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology: BioMedNet Conference Reporter, by Laura Spinney and Pete Moore
Howard Hughes Medical Institute 2000: A Meeting of International Research Scholars, by Daniel Edelstein (with additional reporting by Lois Wingerson)

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The Wedding Complex, Lyrics by Marc Abrahams
Elephant Seals, by Sharon Levy
Cells from Scratch, by Maia Szalavitz
Singapore Thinks Big: Genomics and Beyond, by Lois Wingerson
The Bitter Feud over LYMErix: Big Pharma Takes on the Wrong Little Osp, by Pamela Weintraub
To Clone or Not to Clone?, by Sanyin Siang
An Ocean of Changes Online, by Mike May
Memory Pharmaceuticals: How a Nobelist's Work with Sea Slugs Will Help Us Treat Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, Senility, and Down Syndrome, by Pamela Weintraub
Public Policy and the Use of the Genome, by W.A. Thomasson
An International Biodiversity Observation Year, by Diana Wall, Harold Mooney, Gina Adams, Geoffrey Boxshall, Andy Dobson, Tohru Nakashizuka, James Seyani, Cristián Samper and José Sarukhán
European Life Scientist Organization: BioMedNet Conference Reporter, by Melissa Mertl and Stuart Blackman

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The Use of Biological Indicating Organisms in the Assessment of Contaminated Land, by Paul Board

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A Serum Prolactin-binding Protein: Implications for Growth Hormone, by Priscilla S. Dannies
Microarrays Go Live: New Prospects for Proteomics, by Blagoy Blagoev and Akhilesh Pandey
Genome-based Analysis of Pneumococcal Virulence Factors: The Quest for Novel Vaccine Antigens and Drug Targets, by James C. Paton and Philippe Giammarinaro
A Novel View of the Function of Pituitary Folliculo-stellate Cell Network, by Stanko S. Stojilkovic
Future Shock: Forecasting a Grim Fate for the Earth, by William F. Laurance
Oranges and Lemons: Clues to the Taxonomy of Citrus from Molecular Markers, by Gloria A. Moore
Reconstructing the Skeleton Using Intermittent Parathyroid Hormone, by Ego Seeman and Pierre D. Delmas
Cytokines and Sickness Behavior: Implications from Knockout Animal Models, by Akio Inui
Lymphocyte-Mediated Immunosurveillance of Epithelial Cancers?, by Mark J. Smyth and Joseph A. Trapani
Borna Disease Virus and Neuropsychiatric Disease: A Reappraisal, by W. Ian Lipkin, Mady Hornig, and Thomas Briese
Brave New World of Post­Genomics!, by Alan H. Fairlamb
Fit but Rare?: The Pros and Cons of Being a Virulent Pathogen, by Christopher Dye
Computational Cell Biologists Snowed in at Cranwell, by John H. Carson, Ann Cowan and Leslie M. Loew
Antibiotic-free Chloroplast Genetic Engineering: An Environmentally Friendly Approach, by Henry Daniell, Peter O. Wiebe and Alicia Fernandez-San Millan

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Triumph or Travesty?: The Triumph of Sociobiology, by John Alcock; reviewed by Steven Rose
Immunity against Prions?, by Frank L. Heppner, Isabelle Arrighi, Ulrich Kalinke and Adriano Aguzzi
How Common is Heterodichogamy?, by Susanne S. Renner
Gene Patents: Socially Acceptable Monopolies or an Unnecessary Hindrance to Research?, by Alan R. Williamson
T-cell Vaccination: From Basics to the Clinic, by Vipin Kumar, Eli Sercarz, Jingwu Zhang and Irun Cohen
Ubiquitin: More Than Just a Signal for Protein Degradation, by Cezary Wojcik
Viewing Odors in the Mushroom Body of the Fly, by John R. Carlson
Packaged Merozoite Release Without Immediate Host Cell Lysis, by Virgilio L. Lew
Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus: Cause of the Recent Crisis for the UK Livestock Industry, by Alan R. Samuel and Nick J. Knowles
Targeting Detoxification Pathways: An Efficient Approach to Obtain Plants with Multiple Stress Tolerance?, by Dorothea Bartels
The Hippocampal Complex and Long-Term Memory Revisited, by Lynn Nadel and Morris Moscovitch
An Old Epithelial Cell Never Dies: It Just Agonesces Away, by Charles V. Clevenger
Now I Know My CpGs, by Arthur M. Krieg
Kinase Chips Hit the Proteomics Era, by Daniel M. Williams and Philip A. Cole

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Why Are Some People Bitten More than Others?, by David W. Kelly
Transgenic Plants for Vaccine Production: Expectations and Limitations, by Daniel Chargelegue, Patricia Obregon and Pascal M.W. Drake
Look and Feel, by Patrick Haggard
Genetic Research on the U.K. Population: Do New Principles Need to be Developed?, by Jane Kaye
The New Era of Toxicology, by Ricarda Thier and Hermann M. Bolt
Plant Microtubule-associated Proteins: The HEAT is Off in Temperature-Sensitive mor1, by Yves V. Brun
Global Analysis of a Bacterial Cell Cycle: Tracking Down Necessary Functions and Their Regulators, by Yves V. Brun
Do Plants Have More Genes Than Humans?: Yes, When It Comes to ABC Proteins, by Rocío Sánchez-Fernández and Philip A. Rea
Neurosteroids and Brain Sexual Differentiation, by Barney A. Schlinger, Kiran K. Soma and Sarah E. London
Genes and Subtypes of Schizophrenia, by Károly Mirnics and David A. Lewis
Neuroscience in the Post-Genome Era: An Overview, by Christopher A. Walsh
Atherosclerosis: An Infectious, Inflammatory and Autoimmune Disease, by Yehuda Shoenfeld, Yaniv Sherer and Dror Harats
If You Would Live Long, Choose Your Parents Well, by Amandine Cournil and Thomas B.L. Kirkwood
Engineering Human Chromosomes for Gene Therapy Studies, by K.H. Andy Choo

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Does Pet Helminth Prophylaxis Increase the Rate of Selection for Drug Resistance?, by R. C. Andrew Thompson and Mick G. Roberts
Feedback Connections and Conscious Vision, by Jean Bullier
Nicotinic Receptors in Wonderland, by Thomas Grutter and Jean-Pierre Changeux