The publication I launched a quarter century ago has come further than anyone ever expected.
The publication I launched a quarter century ago has come further than anyone ever expected.
In an essay entitled "Nurture, Nature, and the Stress That is Life," neurobiologists Darlene Francis and Daniela Kaufer envision a future where science moves past the nature vs. nurture debate in considering differences in human behavioral responses to stress.
Government and industry are the biggest funders of research, basic and otherwise. Here is how science funding in the US and European Union has shaped up in the past two and a half decades. View a pdf Read the full story.
A selection of quotes from past issues of The Scientist
A handful of life science researchers will take home the United States' top science honor.
"Scientists Against Sample Abuse" aims to raise awareness about the importance of consistency when it comes to handling biological samples.
A German ethics council weighs in on the discussion about the use of human-animal chimeras in research.
The funding agency is taking strides to avoid losing parents from the scientific workforce.
A snapshot of the most highly ranked articles in microbiology and related areas, from Faculty of 1000
A 2012 spending bill, approved by a Senate panel yesterday, would trim the NIH budget by $190 million.