2020-21

Nature's master manipulator

Exposing the secrets of a successful symbiont

By Robert Pollie
Living history

New media art connects past to present with archival material

By K. M. Watson
What are your pronouns?

As choices for gender and sexual identities expand, the world slowly changes

By Aylin Woodward
River of life

Modern history ties the altered Nile to disease

By Cameron Walker
Robotic etiquette

Engineering improved human-robot interaction

By Ramin Skibba
A dangerous element

Tracking the elusive biogeochemistry of mercury

By Ula Chrobak
Fungi and fuel rise to the top

Grad student research stars in Grad Slam competition

By Emma Hiolski
Local goes global

As national governments waver, cities take up the climate fight

By Lindzi Wessel
Fish for all

Seeking sustainable aquaculture via fish-free feeds

By Bethany Augliere
Superior simulations

Mathematical quest seeks to embrace uncertainty

By Dana Mackenzie

Above: Wolbachia (red specks) colonize the developing egg cells of the nematode Brugia malayi (the larger purplish ovals are the nuclei of the eggs), one of several parasitic worms that cause the neglected tropical disease lymphatic filariasis, better known as elephantiasis. By infiltrating the eggs of these nematodes and many other invertebrates, the bacterium is able to spread from one generation of hosts to the next. That and many other canny survival strategies have made Wolbachia one of the world’s most ubiquitous organisms and an object of increasing fascination to biologists. Credit: Laura Chappell, with permission.

2020-21

Features

Nature's master manipulator

Living history

What are your pronouns?

River of life

Robotic etiquette

A dangerous element

Fungi and fuel rise to the top

Local goes global

Fish for all

Superior simulations

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