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Court Awards Whistleblower $820,000

By | October 19, 2012

A jury finds that UVA wrongfully fired a researcher for reporting that his supervisor altered an NIH grant budget.  

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Will NIH Return to Three-Strikes?

By | October 17, 2012

The National Institutes of Health is reconsidering a rule that limited the numbers of submissions for a given grant applicants to two, due to popular demand for the three-strike policy.

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Science-Supporting Senator Dies

By | October 16, 2012

Arlen Specter, a long-serving senator and outspoken advocate for biomedical research, has passed away at the age of 82.

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Opinion: Singing about Science

By | October 4, 2012

Music videos could be helpful tools for science communication and education, but anti- and pseudoscience activists are also using this medium to spread their views.

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The Best of the 2012 Labbies

By | October 1, 2012

Check out image finalists and winners, as well as other memorable submissions to this year’s Labby Multimedia Awards.

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Book Excerpt from Living Color

By | October 1, 2012

In Chapter 3, "Out of the Tropics," author Nina G. Jablonski, explores the genes behind skin pigmentation and makes the distinction between color and race.

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Pixel Perfect

By | October 1, 2012

Presenting the best life science images and videos of 2012

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True Colors

By | October 1, 2012

The biological and social ramifications of skin pigmentation are too often ignored by scientists, teachers, and the general public.

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Solving Irreproducible Science

By | September 26, 2012

Will the recently launched Reproducibility Initiative succeed in cleaning up research and reducing retractions?

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Opinion: Cell Phone Health Risk?

By | September 25, 2012

Security concerns during the Cold War may have led to the generation of misinformation on the physiological effects of microwave radiation from mobile phones.

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