Is the push for science to save the still flailing economy a threat to scientific research?
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Is the push for science to save the still flailing economy a threat to scientific research?
Neurons injected into mice help treat chronic pain at its roots, rather than simply alleviating its symptoms.
Successful conservation depends on an economy that doesn’t incentivize destruction of species and habitats.
Amgen’s incomplete report on an early major trial of epoetin misled the medical community about the anemia drug’s risks and benefits—and helped make Amgen rich.
By discouraging change, universities are stunting scientific innovation, leadership, and growth.
A lack of methodological detail in the published literature threatens the foundation of scientific discourse.
A US Fish and Wildlife official responds to the assertion that the northern spotted owl is being mismanaged by government.
A population of neurons in pigeon brains encodes direction, intensity, and polarity of the Earth’s magnetic field.
With 12 new tuberculosis vaccines in clinical development, a plan is needed to introduce the most effective ones throughout the world.
A new system decodes brain signals from the motor cortex of monkeys and translates them into basic arm movements, despite temporary paralysis.