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Biology

Holy agility!
The biology of bat flight
Published April 30, 2015 Video
Keen sense of touch allows bats to fly with breathtaking precision
Tactile science
Published Spring 2015
Linden argues that our tactile ability is the one sense we couldn't live without in his new book Touch / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Way out there
The science of extraterrestrial life
Published Winter 2014
Are we flying solo in the universe? The millennia-old question will be answered in our lifetime. Maybe. / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Two named Pew scholars
Published June 25, 2014
Biologists Johnston, Holland recognized for their health sciences research
Dark matters
Lights out discovery
Published Feb 5, 2014 Video
Simulated blindness can lead to recovery of lost hearing, researchers say
How does cancer spread?
This is a tumor. No, seriously.
Published Jan 29, 2014 Video
How does breast cancer spread? JHU cell biologist explains, using Play-Doh
Biology
Retinal combat
Published Winter 2013
During the early stages of development, a death match takes place in your eyes. / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Cancer biology
Cancer in 3-D
Published Winter 2013
Denis Wirtz believes that to understand cancer, biologists need to think outside the Petri dish. / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Clock shock
Fall back fallout
Published Oct 30, 2013
End of daylight saving time can send our internal clocks into tailspin, JHU expert says
JHU postdoc wins Pew grant
Published June 13, 2013
Diego Fernandez studies impact of irregular light exposure on mood, learning