Kat Arney
Eye on the Fly: Turing Patterns to Explain the Fruit Fly
The tiny fruit fly has been beloved by developmental biologists for more than a century. Turing patterns may yet explain its shape.
When Biology and Math Collide
Biology and mathematics—the practical and the theoretical—can be surprisingly uneasy bedfellows, but their union could help uncover the mysteries of life.
How the Zebra Got Its Stripes and the Leopard Its Spots
Where do a zebra’s stripes, a leopard’s spots, and our fingers come from? The key was found years ago—by the man who cracked the Enigma code.