Claire Shea – Week 6

A Nobel Prize was recently awarded to a pair of researchers who discovered how cells use oxygen. I was surprised; I'd always thought that was such a fundamental concept of biology. I thought we must have known the answer for decades, like the structure of DNA, but there are always surprises when it comes to missing details. After all, we've seen the edges of the solar system but have yet to explore the bottom of our own oceans.