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Life after fraud
You put your name into Google, and the first entry is about a transgression from 20 years ago, the penalty for which only lasted three years. Now you can't get a job
By Alison McCook
Fairness for fraudsters
The punishment for researchers guilty of misconduct is excessively punitive, and needs reform
By Richard Gallagher
Pick your favorite video
Watch the 5 finalists in our 2 categories and vote for your favorite, before July 9
By The Scientist Staff
Limbs regrow without pluripotency
The salamander's famed ability to regenerate amputated limbs doesn't rely on pluripotent stem cells
By Jef Akst
Union busting at NIEHS?
Failed efforts to unionize researchers and technicians at the agency are prompting allegations of suppression and union busting
By Bob Grant
New tool for grant seekers
Elsevier is launching a computer platform that helps researchers streamline their search for new grants
By Edyta Zielinska
New non-drug fix for HIV?
A surprising connection between an extremely rare genetic disease and HIV may point to a safe, non-prescription compound that could treat both
By Alison McCook
Tackling Africa's silent disease
Cancer could kill 11 million Africans in 2020. What practical steps can we take now to prevent this from happening?
By Bjarte Reve
A taskmaster transcription factor
Researchers describe how DNA acquired via horizontal transfer can co-evolve into a well-tuned, efficient genetic network
By Elie Dolgin
Do you like where you work?
Last chance to respond to the 2009 Best Places to Work in Academia survey -- survey closes July 3
By The Scientist Staff
Down to the bone
A fusion protein which ferries a healthy version of an enzyme to its bone target shows promise in treating metabolic bone disorders
By Elie Dolgin
High life
Clumps of moss and algae living near a desolate 6000 meter summit house a surprisingly diverse group of organisms
By Bob Grant
Led by the nose
Researchers are developing a device that mimics a dog's keen sense of smell
By Tia Ghose
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Limbs regrow without pluripotency
Jef Akst[1st July 2009]
New tool for grant seekers
Edyta Zielinska[1st July 2009]
Union busting at NIEHS?
Bob Grant[1st July 2009]
Tackling Africa's silent disease
Bjarte Reve[30th June 2009]
New non-drug fix for HIV?
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Video: Darwin's birthday party

Who says evolution has to be stiff and formal? In our May issue, we introduce you to scientists who take a non-traditional approach to the subject. Click here to see what happens at a birthday party at Swarthmore College when the famous scientist turned 200. (Ever play pin the tail on the finch?)

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