Harvard geneticists and anthropologists challenge the work of two economists who say there’s a link between genetic diversity and wealth.
Harvard geneticists and anthropologists challenge the work of two economists who say there’s a link between genetic diversity and wealth.
A new study disputes findings of a 2011 analysis suggesting that black researchers are funded less than their equally qualified white peers.
A company offering experimental stem-cell treatments will carry out its procedures in Mexico after the FDA warned that it would need approval to operate in the U.S.
The Science of Love, Bad Pharma, Genes, Cells and Brains, and Nature Wars
As cholera first tore through the Europe in the mid-19th century, people tried anything to prevent the deadly disease. Then science stepped in.
| February 1, 2013
Meet some of the people featured in the February 2013 issue of The Scientist.
The eating schedule—and not the amount of calories—can make the difference between an obese, diabetic, sick mouse and one with a healthy metabolism.
Collective cell migration relies on a directional signal that comes from the moving cluster, rather than from external cues.
Watch the cell transplant experiments in zebrafish that suggest certain embryonic cells rely on intrinsic directional cues for collective migration.