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6 Taxa to Identify in a Redwood Forest

What better way to learn botany than by getting your hands dirty in a redwood forest?
Go to the Ant: Teaming Up Together

Ants may not be very smart, but they’re hard workers, and they can cooperate to get…
Go to the Ant: How Ants Inform Robotics

What can a bunch of ants teach us about managing networks in a technological age?
A God Who Sees Me: Music by Esther Lu

“You are the God who sees me,” for she said, “I have now seen the One…
Understanding Past Oceans, One Carbon Isotope at a Time

One of the best ways to get insight into current ocean-climate dynamics is by understanding the…
Can UV Exposure Alter Marine Nitrogen Fixation?

Changes in the climate control the lives and livelihood of marine plankton at the ocean’s surface.…
Understanding the Oceans, One Wave at a Time

The oceans are awash in sound. Researchers scoping out marine soundscapes are empowering technological advances and…
Top 10 Reads of 2020

Happy New Year’s! Summing up a year by some of the best books I’ve read in…
Guide to the 2020 Journal Clubs

Here’s your guide to the in-depth science posts on Bio by the Bay this year.
O Abies Balsamea

~Matthew 2:11
6 Wonderful Microbes and Their Scientific Names

The microscopic world holds cuteness, wonder, and diversity. Biology extends far beyond the vertebrates.
What is Crispr?

A Nobel Prize in Chemistry was recently awarded to the discoverers of crispr cas9. What is…
What Is Thanksgiving?

Thanksgiving reminds us to celebrate peace and unity across what are all too often seen as…
Octopus-Inspired Robotics

Cephalopods are a member of Phylum Mollusca. That means they – the giant squids, the chambered…
How Do We Choose Bioproducts?

In his post Generating Crazy Structures, Derek Lowe writes of a problem that “everyone would like…
What is Metabolic Engineering?

To an engineer, a cell is a biorefinery, producing hundreds of chemicals from whatever carbon source…