Advocacy groups are petitioning Congress to avoid sequestration, which could leave funding for science billions of dollars short in 2013.
Advocacy groups are petitioning Congress to avoid sequestration, which could leave funding for science billions of dollars short in 2013.
The science images and videos that captured our attention in 2012
The National Institutes of Health is considering a pilot program that would keep the identity of grant applicants hidden from reviewers.
Fungi in 100 million year-old seafloor sediments could possess novel antibiotics.
Two species of songbirds pack their nests with scavenged cigarette butts that repel irksome parasites.
| December 1, 2012
Meet some of the people featured in the December 2012 issue of The Scientist.
A type of scallop expels water and waste through a sort of cough that could reveal clues about water quality.
Using satellite data, researchers calculate that mountain pine beetle infestations raise summertime temperatures in British Columbia’s pine forests by 1 degree Celsius.
Decades can pass between the discovery of a new animal or plant and its official debut in the scientific literature.
The National Institutes of Health will get tough on grantees who fail to comply with its open-access funding rule.