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5 Questions for the Microbial Puppet-Master

09.11.2011 Timothy Lu gets bacteria to make enzymes that attack their own biofilms, setting them up for the kill.

by Valerie Ross

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5 Questions for the Creator of Truly Potent Stem Cells

Jacob Hanna is headed back to his homeland, Israel, as one of the youngest leaders in one of science's hottest fields. 05.14.2011

5 Questions for the Dinosaur Hunter Who Found—and Named—Mojoceratops

Nick Longrich finds ancient treasure not only in the ground but in long-overlooked collections in museums. 02.12.2011

5 Questions for a Mind-Reader Who Ran Into the Brain's Limits

Jesse Rissman cannot read your mind—but he’s working on it. 02.04.2011

5 Questions for the Stem-Cell Maestro

Sarah Heilshorn uses new methods to try to heal brain and spine injuries once thought of as untreatable. 12.04.2010

5 Questions for the Woman Who Watches Weather—on Saturn's Moon Titan

Emily Schaller looks closely at the only body in the solar system with a weather cycle we can study. 09.22.2010

5 Questions for the Host of Iran's Star Parties

Inspired by Carl Sagan, Babak Tafreshi is on a mission to bring the wonder of astronomy to the Middle East, and to the world. 08.17.2010

5 Questions for the Woman Who Tracks Our DNA Footprints

Pardis Sabeti unravels recent human genetic changes like lactose tolerance, changes in skin tone, and responses to deadly Lassa fever. 04.17.2010

5 Questions for the Man Who Put Three D's in DNA

Erez Lieberman-Aiden's 3-D models of DNA are helping to explain the equally complicated and important molecule. 03.24.2010

5 Questions for the Developing World's Disease Fighter

Jose Gomez-Marquez finds new vaccine technologies that work in the lab and in the real world. 01.09.2010

5 Questions for the Rock'n'Rolling, Sky-Diving Master of Memory

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Five Questions: Turning Microbes Into Micro Refineries

Synthetic biologist Reshma Shetty predicts that we will eventually engineer organisms to grow everything that we manufacture today. 10.12.2009

5 Questions for the Mummy Doctor

Since 2005, Swiss pathologist Frank Rühli has focused on the cause of death for patients who died thousands of years ago. 07.27.2009

5 Questions: From Fossils in Rocks to Stadium Rock

Gregory Erickson studies the life cycles of dinosaurs and teaches concert-like classes. 06.02.2009

3 Great Uses of Twitter, According to Cofounder Jack Dorsey

1) Throwing parties 2) Lifeline during a terrorist attack 3) Staying connected with mom 04.22.2009

5 Questions for the Finder of the Secret Gorillas

Biologist Emma Stokes protects endangered animals in far-off countries. 03.12.2009

Are You There, E.T.? It's Me, Maggie

Astrobiologist Maggie Turnbull gets paid by NASA to search for alien life. 02.03.2009

What Can Strippers Tell Us About Evolution?

Psychologist Geoffrey Miller looks at how sex influenced the development of the human brain. 01.21.2009