Scientists unravel the confusing molecular biology behind a fruit fly’s reliance on a single type of cactus.
Scientists unravel the confusing molecular biology behind a fruit fly’s reliance on a single type of cactus.
Will the recently launched Reproducibility Initiative succeed in cleaning up research and reducing retractions?
Sleep-wake cycles affect how well our bodies fight disease.
Wired for Story, Dreamland, Homo Mysterious, and Vagina
Are states with less rigorous rules about which children can claim an exception from vaccination in kindergarten putting communities at higher risk of childhood disease?
A human trial of a hepatitis C treatment is shut down after one of the participants died.
Mice with inflammatory bowel disease harbor gut bacteria that damage host DNA, predisposing mice to cancer.
A new initiative offers gold stars to researchers willing to have their studies replicated by other labs, but will it fix science’s growing irreproducibility problem?
A Bill of Rights amendment reaffirming the right to pray could have negative consequences for the teaching of evolution.
The root system of a tree species is genetically different than the leaves of that individual, potentially modifying scientists’ understanding of evolution.