Origins
What is the Last Universal Common Ancestor (LUCA)? by Anthony M. Poole
The Endless Universe: Introduction to the Cyclic Universe by Paul J. Steinhardt 
Were Bacteria the First Forms of Life on Earth? by Daniel Jeffares and Anthony Poole |
Evolution and the future
new Rewilding Megafauna: Lions and Camels in North America? interview with Connie Barlow 
The Sixth Extinction by Niles Eldredge
How Will the Sixth Extinction Affect Evolution of Species? by Norman Myers & Andrew Knoll
Evolutionary Biology: Technology for the 21st Century by Jim J. Bull |
Bioscience literacy for all
Why Should You Be Scientifically Literate? by Robert M. Hazen
African Agriculture and Medicine: Modern Orphans by Thomas R. Odhiambo
Improving Science Literacy & Conservation in Developing Countries by Carlos L. de la Rosa
Error and the Nature of Science by Douglas Allchin  |
Global threats
new Why Do We Need an Amphibian Ark? by Kevin Zippel
Biomedical and Biodefense Uses for Ricin interview with Ellen Vitetta
Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Diseases: A Global Problem interview with Stephen S. Morse
Agricultural Bioterrorism by Radford G. Davis
Bioterrorism: Are We Prepared? interview with Joseph M. Henderson
Plant Genebanks: Food Security by Geoffrey C. Hawtin and Jeremy Cherfas
International Water Facility by Mohamed Kassas
Microbes: What They Do & How Antibiotics Change Them by Maura Meade-Callahan |
Science & technology in the 21st century
Genomic Puzzles Old and New By T. Ryan Gregory
Primer on Ethics and Crossing Species Boundaries by Françoise Baylis and Jason Scott Robert
Biocomplexity: The New Bioscience Frontier interview with Rita Rossi Colwell
Microbes in Court: The Emerging Field of Microbial Forensics by Abigail A. Salyers
Nanotechnology: It's a Small, Small, Small, Small World by Ralph C. Merkle
Ethical Issues in Genetic Engineering and Transgenics by Linda MacDonald Glenn
Primer on Ethics and Human Cloning by Glenn McGee
Genetic Engineering & Xenotransplantation by Shane T. Grey |
Space Biology
Looking for Life on Mars and Beyond by Abigail Salyers
Life from Space: An Emerging Paradigm by N. Chandra Wickramasinghe |
Students speak out
Antibiotic Resistance: New Approaches to a Historical Problem by Sean S. Kardar
Strategies for Building Community Trust in Nanotechnology by Andrea F. Biondo
The Ethics of Biowarfare by Daniel Reyes
Biodiesel: The Clear Choice by Brittany Ekre
The Ethics of Nanotechnology by Andrew Chen
Cooking Up a Molecular Ruler by Jayanta Fowler Mohanty |
