Author

Bonnie Bassler

Squibb Professor in Molecular Biology, Princeton University. Director, Council on Science and Technology

bbassler@princeton.edu

Deciphering the link between nature and nurture

Raindrop pockmarks may provide clue to the density of Earth's atmosphere 2.7 billion years ago when the Sun was 30 percent dimmer than today.

The legacy of "Brian Tinsley's clever wife"

Tourists are only encouraging a dubious Vietnamese tradition.

Hear author Michio Kaku interviewed by Vittorio Maestro, Editor in Chief of Natural History. (MP3, 19 minutes)