Politicians could make better decisions if they thought more like scientists, says Rush Holt, the only physicist in Congress.
Politicians could make better decisions if they thought more like scientists, says Rush Holt, the only physicist in Congress.
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.
October 1, 2012
Meet some of the people featured in the October 2012 issue of The Scientist.
A unique organism sighted only once, more than a century ago, could shed light on the evolution of multicellularity—if it ever actually existed.
Laboratory-raised populations of dung beetles reveal a mother's extragenetic influence on the physiques of her sons.
Epigenetic changes accrued over an organism’s lifetime may leave a permanent heritable mark on the genome, through the help of long noncoding RNAs.
A global R&D treaty could boost innovation and improve the health of the world’s poor—and rich.