TechnologySeptember 30, 2019
The Future of Silk
This strong, all-natural material was used to make the first bulletproof vest more than a century ago—but scientists have barely begun to tap its potential
Stories by Aarathi Prasad
Aarathi Prasad is a biologist and author of "Like a Virgin: How Science Is Redesigning the Rules of Sex" and "In the Bonesetter's Waiting Room: Travels through Indian Medicine." She is based at University College London's Division of Biosciences. Follow her on Twitter @aarathiprasad.
ConservationApril 18, 2018
Assam's Endangered Apes
Northeast India's hoolock gibbons are at risk from human incursion into their native forests