Archive of CBS features

A life in biology | Driven to discover | Extraordinary education | In the field

A life in biology

• Transatlantic Science Week 2009, Collaborate for survival of life and environment on our planet
• An interview with Eville Gorham
• Evolutionary biologist and author Sean Carroll gives commencement address
• More than Darwin, an interview with Randy Moore
• Lynn Rogers’ close encounters with black bears

Driven to discover

• New test kit detects deadly chemical in infant formula
• The next big thing in genomics
• The fix is in and both sides win
• In the ear of the beholder
• Robert Sterner discusses the cost of solving the climate crisis
• What’s the next alternative energy source?
• Can we end our dependence on foreign oil?
• How can frogs help us build better hearing aids?

Extraordinary education

• Biology Shanty explores limnology as part of the Art Shanty Project
• Lola Abdul tells her scholarship story
• Learning in an interactive classroom
• Undergraduates find value in conducting research
• Incoming freshmen participate in the Nature of Life orientation at Lake Itasca

In the field

• Ph.D. student Annika Moe describes her research in Papua New Guinea
• Biology of the Galápagos participants encounter the islands’ unique flora and fauna
• Jennifer Powers’ research in Costa Rica helps explain variations in the carbon cycle