A new show at New York’s Museum of Art and Design celebrates olfaction and the science behind modern perfume making.
A new show at New York’s Museum of Art and Design celebrates olfaction and the science behind modern perfume making.
The crucial importance of language in the debate over the regulation of direct-to-consumer genetic tests
More stories surface about how last week’s super storm is affecting research up and down the coast—and how science is fighting back.
Borrowing techniques from nail and hair salons, researchers have devised a method to tag small, previously untrackable sea turtles.
In Chapter 2, "Consequences and Evolution: The Cause That Works Backwards," author Susan M. Schneider places evolutionary theory in terms of the science of consequences.
Spillover, Answers for Aristotle, Who’s in Charge? and Science Set Free
New noninvasive methods of selecting the most viable embryo could revolutionize in vitro fertilization.
| November 1, 2012
Meet some of the people featured in the November 2012 issue of The Scientist.
How neuroscience research can inform military counterintelligence tactics, and the moral responsibilities that accompany such research
On the bicentennial of his birth, Edward Lear is celebrated for his whimsical poetry and his stunningly accurate scientific illustrations.