The small organ evolved too many times for it to be an accident, but it’s still unclear what it does.
The small organ evolved too many times for it to be an accident, but it’s still unclear what it does.
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.
A small insect-eating animal is the common ancestor of whales, elephants, dogs, and humans.
Why so few scientists make the leap to policy-making positions, and why more should give it a try
Some of the 200 or so human embryonic stem cell lines approved for federal funding may have been derived from sperm or eggs of unconsenting donors.
Tuberculosis bacteria find shelter from drugs and the body’s defenses in bone marrow stem cells.
Globally, 15-year-old girls outscored boys in 43 of the 65 countries tested.
In Chapter 1, “A Theory,” author Aaron James constructs a working definition for the type of person that earns the ignominious moniker.