Atomic-Scale Protein Filters

How aquaporin and potassium channels filter hundreds of millions of water molecules or ions each second, by positioning the correct amino acid in the perfect place.

What We Find in the Sewers

Our ancestors once spread their excess effluent on their fields; now we mine it for vital molecules. The final article of Issue 07.

Pausing Insect Activity

Seasonal dormancy features in the life cycle of many insects. We can harness it for biological control, insect farming, and disease vector management at scale.

The Weight of a Cell

A single yeast cell weighs about one million times less than a grain of sand. But how do we know this?

Leeches and the Legitimizing of Folk-Medicine

Khushi Mittal & Xander Balwit

While we’ve derived useful molecules from the leech, live leech therapy has been largely marginalized in the West. It is time we reevaluate why.

The Flower Designer

A plant biologist’s quest to design and create 1,000 unique flowers, mostly in his spare time.

The Sunlight Budget of Earth

Sunlight represents a seemingly endless source of largely untapped energy. Just how endless is it?