The problem threatens progress and stems from both a lack of attention to clear discourse and a scientific culture not focused on critical challenges.
Covering the life sciences inside and out
The problem threatens progress and stems from both a lack of attention to clear discourse and a scientific culture not focused on critical challenges.
As wolves became domesticated, their genes adapted to a starch-rich diet of human leftovers.
Women have come a long way, but roadblocks remain
Maria Konnikova says the field of psychology has something to learn from great works of fiction.
Comparing gene transcripts from different species reveals surprising splicing diversity.
This year, US politics was dominated by the run-up to October elections, with science policy issues playing a role here and elsewhere around the world.
Archaea packages DNA around histones in a similar way to eukaryotes, suggesting that fitting a large genome into a small space was not the original role of chromatin.
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The crucial importance of language in the debate over the regulation of direct-to-consumer genetic tests