It Ain't Magic

Highlights from the recent EuroScience Open Forum (ESOF) conference held in Manchester (actually, pre-ESOF). Science was everywhere, even out by the sheep

A rant about right-brain/left-brain pseudoscience and a call for science-inspired art.

Interview with Takashi Tsuji, team leader of the Laboratory for Organ Regeneration at the RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology

We interviewed Dr Yuko Kiyosue and discussed her involvement in making the 3D images of living cells that gained her and her colleagues a recent award.

Learn what electrolithoautotrophs are and how the scientists proved that A. ferrooxidans can use electric potential to fuel growth.

We asked Dr. Morita whether he thinks his team "discovered" or "created" element 113

Black smokers are deep-sea hydrothermal vents found in the ocean. Now scientists believe that they may host electroecosystems in which the primary producers use electric currents as their energy source.