Can science step in to find the best ways of allocating money for research?
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Can science step in to find the best ways of allocating money for research?
Organisms introduced to new habitats pose a significant threat to the native flora and fauna.
Careful oversight is required to ensure that chimeras and transgenic animals continue to serve as powerful biomedical research tools.
An artist suggests that being buried in a suit laden with decomposing fungi may be healthier for the mind and the environment.
Biologists and conservationists are too eager to demonize non-native species.
Pharmacovigilance must keep pace with global distribution of drugs in resource-limited settings.
Philadelphia's Academy of Natural Sciences was crawling with bugs, and The Scientist went down to join in the fun.
Current farming practices draw too much of the world’s freshwater supplies to be sustainable. A change is needed to support growing agricultural demand.
New testing technologies and improved communication among regulatory agencies are making strides in the fight against foodborne disease.
A new exhibit at the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia celebrates the work of an artist who is also the world’s authority on grasshoppers and crickets.