Top brass at the US science agency aired monetary grievances before a Senate committee last week.
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Top brass at the US science agency aired monetary grievances before a Senate committee last week.
A declaration asks the scientific community to put less weight on the metric, widely used to evaluate journals’ prestige.
Mosquitos infected by the malaria parasite are more likely to land on and probe a substrate laced with human body odor than their uninfected counterparts.
Reading pathogen epigenomes; a new stem cell; dealing with research misconduct; monkey fossils; exploratory mice grow new neurons; watching metamorphosis
The agency told a Congressional committee that it would not forward peer-reviewer comments of social science grants the committee had requested.
A sequencing study suggests that some genes have evolved in parallel in humans and their canine companions, likely as a result of shared selection pressures.
The cost of DNA sequencing has gotten more expensive for the first time since records have been kept.
The scientist who sued the Nobel committee is now suing Nobel winner Shinya Yamanaka.
Some geneticists are skeptical of a project that will analyze the DNA of high-IQ individuals to identify genetic variants related to intelligence.
Patients with major depressive disorder appear to have malfunctioning circadian rhythms, which could lead researchers to new avenues for treatment.