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Tigers Forever, High Moon Over the Amazon, Earth from Space, and Medicine's Michelangelo

December 2013's Scientist to Watch is also an accomplished painter.

The Howard Hughes Medical Institute this week released three short films to teach students about evolution and speciation.

Biological tinkerers are not the risk that some have made them out to be, according to a new report.

Meet some of the people featured in the November 2013 issue of The Scientist.

November 2013's selection of notable quotes

War and justice brought together two of the greatest minds of the 20th century, a scientist and a writer.

Tracks and Shadows, The Gap, The Cure in the Code, and An Appetite for Wonder

The Scientist opened up its annual Salary Survey to our international readers for the first time, revealing stark differences between average pay in the U.S., Europe, and the rest of the world.

In Chapter 20, “On the Same Path,” author Sean Carroll describes the initial meeting between Nobel Laureates Jacques Monod and Albert Camus.

The neuron-inspired art of erstwhile neuroscientist Greg Dunn

Surprising trends reveal themselves in this year's Salary Survey statistics.

From funding to publishing, academic research needlessly burns through time and money.

October 2013's selection of notable quotes

How to make your lab less like a factory and more like a family

Perv, Behind the Shock Machine, The Gaia Hypothesis, and Life at the Speed of Light

In Chapter 11, “Man-made diseases,” author Robert Perlman describes how socioeconomic health disparities arise in hierarchical societies.

Following natural disasters or violent political turmoil, DNA science can help identify victims. But what if a country can’t afford the technology?

Dealing with the delicate matter of retirement for aging academics

September 2013's selection of notable quotes