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.
A type of scallop expels water and waste through a sort of cough that could reveal clues about water quality.
Using satellite data, researchers calculate that mountain pine beetle infestations raise summertime temperatures in British Columbia’s pine forests by 1 degree Celsius.
Decades can pass between the discovery of a new animal or plant and its official debut in the scientific literature.
An all-female species, distantly related to flatworms, steals all of genetic material it needs to diversify its genome.
An estimated 360 million Euros from the coffers of EU research funding was spent mistakenly; auditors blame overly complicated funding rules.
The crucial importance of language in the debate over the regulation of direct-to-consumer genetic tests
The European Commission approves the Western hemisphere’s first gene therapy, aimed at correcting a lipid-processing disorder.
More stories surface about how last week’s super storm is affecting research up and down the coast—and how science is fighting back.
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.