Decades can pass between the discovery of a new animal or plant and its official debut in the scientific literature.
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.
The crucial importance of language in the debate over the regulation of direct-to-consumer genetic tests
From education to space, science fared well at the polls on Tuesday.
New noninvasive methods of selecting the most viable embryo could revolutionize in vitro fertilization.
| November 1, 2012
Meet some of the people featured in the November 2012 issue of The Scientist.
Continued overfishing of forage fish such as sardines and herring can result in devastating ecological and economic outcomes.
Successive awakening of soil microbes drives a huge pulse of CO2 following the first rain after a dry summer.
Snapshots from an annual meeting that celebrates the birth of a prominent biologist