Ever marvel at the intricacies of honey bee genomes? Biology teacher David Stone sure has, and he's doing all he can to spread the word through his work with BeeSpace. Read on about his involvement with this online look at all things bees.

The creators of The Smart Second Skin Dress claim that "nature has endowed us with one skin too few" and a "fully sentient being should wear its nervous system externally." Welcome to the brave new world of "living clothes," where your scent-spraying dress can create its own smell bubble. Not that Eleni Yannelis turns up her nose at scientific progress, but is this really what we need?