The problem threatens progress and stems from both a lack of attention to clear discourse and a scientific culture not focused on critical challenges.
The problem threatens progress and stems from both a lack of attention to clear discourse and a scientific culture not focused on critical challenges.
The second example of storing digital data in DNA affirms its potential as a long-term storage medium.
Women have come a long way, but roadblocks remain
Scientists provide evidence for the existence of four-stranded human DNA, which has previously only been theorized and synthesized.
People carrying a certain gene variant that dictates fresh underarms are less likely to wear antiperspirant.
Researchers and biotech companies are bringing a universal flu vaccine closer to reality.
Maria Konnikova says the field of psychology has something to learn from great works of fiction.
Stomachs of flesh-eating flies carry the DNA of animals in remote rainforests.
An international survey suggests that labs may not be safe as researchers think.
In the final chapter of his book on the origins of vertebrate sex, author and paleontologist John Long pays homage to the humble placoderm, which got the erotic ball rolling.