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The simple nerve cells of sea creatures helped scientists fathom human memory.

How coral revolutionized human bone repair.

A fluorescent protein helped researchers illuminate human cellular biology.

The $325 billion biotech industry began with the discovery of an enzyme to slice DNA.

Venus used to be as fit for life as Earth.

Meet the transgendered ecologist helping her country move past years of conflict.

When antibiotics failed a severely ill patient, it was a pond virus that saved him.

Freeman Dyson on working with the greatest physicists of the 20th century.

Meet the inspiring people—none named Einstein—who helped these scientists find their calling.

Meet the inspiring people—none named Einstein—who helped these scientists find their calling.

A poet blends the personal with the cosmic.

Katherine Johnson negotiated the dynamics of both race and space.