Searching for life beyond our teeming planet has led to some innovative collaborative approaches to generating knowledge right here at home.
Searching for life beyond our teeming planet has led to some innovative collaborative approaches to generating knowledge right here at home.
This year, US politics was dominated by the run-up to October elections, with science policy issues playing a role here and elsewhere around the world.
In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, climate scientists should make their consensus about climate change known to all who care to listen.
Long-term exposure to antibiotics from agricultural run off may encourage the evolution of soil bacteria that break down and consume the antibacterial agents.
A bill that would increase visas for foreign-born, US-trained science and engineering graduates passes in the House, but is unlikely to get through Senate.
The Supreme Court agrees to hear a case deciding if two cancer genes should continue to be protected by patent.
The poxvirus stockpiles genes when it needs to adapt.
The Kyoto agreement to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions was flawed, but it provides useful lessons for upcoming climate regulation negotiations.
In the largest microbial eukaryote genetic sequencing effort ever attempted, researchers are investigating the transcriptomes of 700 marine algae species.