A reexamination of the facts surrounding the death of Cleopatra VII reveals that the Egyptian queen was murdered—and not by an asp.
A reexamination of the facts surrounding the death of Cleopatra VII reveals that the Egyptian queen was murdered—and not by an asp.
Patients are sidestepping clinical research and using themselves as guinea pigs to test new treatments for fatal diseases. Will they hurt themselves, or science?
Scientist? Filmmaker? Alexis Gambis welcomes both labels.
A tree in Australia was found to have genetically dissimilar leaves that varied in attractiveness to herbivores.
A new play explores the mind of the father of modern physics through his interactions—factual and imagined—with a curmudgeonly colleague.
The first human trial of a treatment using induced pluripotent stem cells has received conditional approval from an institutional review board in Japan.
A new journal that publishes peer review comments alongside its manuscripts goes live.
Why so few scientists make the leap to policy-making positions, and why more should give it a try
Tuberculosis bacteria find shelter from drugs and the body’s defenses in bone marrow stem cells.