A new analysis suggests that only 14 percent of published biomedical results are wrong, despite prominent opinions to the contrary.
A new analysis suggests that only 14 percent of published biomedical results are wrong, despite prominent opinions to the contrary.
Women have come a long way, but roadblocks remain
People carrying a certain gene variant that dictates fresh underarms are less likely to wear antiperspirant.
Results of breast cancer drug trials are regularly spun to conceal bias and make the drugs seem more effective or less toxic than they really are.
Maria Konnikova says the field of psychology has something to learn from great works of fiction.
An international survey suggests that labs may not be safe as researchers think.
In the final chapter of his book on the origins of vertebrate sex, author and paleontologist John Long pays homage to the humble placoderm, which got the erotic ball rolling.
Life's Ratchet, The Annotated and Illustrated Double Helix, The Fractalist and Hallucinations
The rise of copulation as a vertebrate reproductive strategy may have driven crucial evolutionary change and explosive species radiation.
Just 3 days after five people involved in the polio vaccine effort in Pakistan were shot by unidentified assailants, three more are killed.