A handful of US states are enacting laws that make it harder for parents to opt out of vaccinating their children against infectious diseases.
A handful of US states are enacting laws that make it harder for parents to opt out of vaccinating their children against infectious diseases.
Politicians could make better decisions if they thought more like scientists, says Rush Holt, the only physicist in Congress.
A form of spatial memory helps a brainless slime mold navigate complex environments, hinting at the possible origins of memory in higher organisms.
A government-created committee suggests that Australia reinvigorate its biomedical research enterprise.
Science, environmental, and health experts were left wanting by the first presidential debate.
A brewmaster is creating a signature concoction using yeast found in his facial hair.
A miniscule change in a hydrogen bond angle explains how bacteria can select phosphate over arsenate even in high-arsenate conditions.
Researchers find that a deadly bacterial disease hitchhikes in people infected with the virus that causes AIDS to spread throughout sub-Saharan Africa.
A new rhabdovirus may be responsible for an outbreak of fatal hemorrhagic fever.
October 1, 2012
Meet some of the people featured in the October 2012 issue of The Scientist.