How Ivan Pavlov’s Dog Experiments Changed Our Understanding of Behavior
Ivan Pavlov is often remembered for a hungry dog salivating at the sound of a metronome. That image is correct. It is also a...
How Martin Rodbell Discovered G-Proteins and Changed Cell Biology
Cells talk to each other. You probably didn't think about that while you were drinking your coffee this morning, but it is happening right...
How prions work and why the 1997 Nobel Prize mattered
Stanley B. Prusiner changed how scientists think about infection. He discovered that a protein alone can cause disease. No DNA. No RNA. Just a...
The Origin of Phagocytosis: How Metchnikoff Discovered Immune Defense
Élie Metchnikoff was a Russian zoologist and microbiologist whose work laid the groundwork for our understanding of the immune system. Born in 1845 near...
