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The World's Most Celebrated Virus Hunter: Ian Lipkin

The Columbia University researcher describes his quest for HIV in San Francisco and SARS in China, the immune cascades that may cause autism, and the infectious roots of psychiatric disease. 05.11.2012

The Hagfish's Special Trick for Warding Off Predators: Thick, Sticky Mucus

A shark can't eat you if it's gagging on slime. 05.10.2012

Vital Signs: "We Can Take His Heart Out, Remove the Tumor, and Put It Back In"

A patient’s heart tumor is all but inaccessible to  his surgeons. The only way to deal with it:  Remove the heart and operate on it outside the body. 05.09.2012

Discover at Comic-Con 2010

Video / Events / Discover at Comic-Con 2010

July 30, 2010

Abusing the Sci of Sci-Fi, a lively discussion moderated by Phil Plait (Bad Astronomy blogger) and featuring, from left to right: Jamie Paglia (creator of Eureka); Kevin Grazier (JPL planetary physicist, Science Not Fiction blogger); Zack Stentz (writer for Fringe, Thor); and Sean Carroll (Caltech theoretical physicist, Cosmic Variance blogger). The panel was sponsored by Discover and the Science and Entertainment Exchange.