A Can-Do Attitude: World War II and Apple Pie

MIT – Scope In September 1943, a flurry of activity surrounded MIT’s biological engineering research labs. In the midst of battle in North Africa, twenty German prisoners had been taken by American forces. They were first shipped to a holding facility

The Shape-Shifting Bat

MIT - Scope Some bat species can dramatically change the size and shape of their ears faster than humans can blink an eye, researchers have shown. Scientists already knew that bats could change the direction of their ears depending on where

Scientists Decipher Genetic Code of a Vampire (Bacterium, That Is)

MIT - Scope Scientists have cracked the genetic code of a “vampire bacterium” that survives by sucking the nutrients out of other living bacteria. This new information could someday be harnessed to fight infections in combination with traditional antibiotic therapies. Micavibrio

The Venom Chronicles: Box Jellies

PBS.org — Inside NOVA Jamie Seymour is hunting shadows. Box jellyfish–some of the most terrifying animals on the planet–are completely invisible in water, so the best Seymour can hope to find are the shadows they project onto the shallow ocean

The Venom Chronicles: Cobra Face-Off

PBS.org — Inside NOVA When Bruce Young walks into a room filled with spitting cobras, he elicits a terrifying response. “They just love to spit at me,” says the professor at the University of Massachusetts at Lowell. Spitting cobras have evolved

Enabling Disabilities

NPR — KUOW Presents Jessica Zarin Kessin’s toy company in San Francisco caters to a unique market: disabled children. By designing for the extremes, Jessica believes she can make toys more fun for everyone.