Maria Konnikova says the field of psychology has something to learn from great works of fiction.
Maria Konnikova says the field of psychology has something to learn from great works of fiction.
A researcher who studied neurodegenerative diseases made up results from experiments yet to take place in order to apply for more funds.
An international survey suggests that labs may not be safe as researchers think.
The neurophysiologist who earned a Nobel Prize for discovering nerve growth factor has passed away at age 103.
There's a lot more than dirt to the soil in which plants grow.
Scientists studying the Arctic Ocean aboard a US Coast Guard icebreaker discover one of the largest phytoplankton blooms ever recorded—beneath sea ice.
In the final chapter of his book on the origins of vertebrate sex, author and paleontologist John Long pays homage to the humble placoderm, which got the erotic ball rolling.
Life's Ratchet, The Annotated and Illustrated Double Helix, The Fractalist and Hallucinations
| January 1, 2013
Meet some of the people featured in the January 2013 issue of The Scientist.
Researchers learn to predict visual imagery in dreams based on functional MRI scans of brain activity during sleep.