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It’s unclear how the order, which charges academic institutions to follow existing rules regarding the First Amendment, will be implemented and enforced.

In service of an arbitrary threshold, p-values often lead researchers to make poorly supported claims and ignore interesting but insignificant results, scientists argue.

Certain populations have been historically underrepresented in genome sequencing studies, but the NIH, private clinics, and 23andMe and other companies are trying to fix that.

Scientists argue that anti-Chinese political rhetoric and policies could harm US research.

A mouse study finds that when blood platelets are activated during exercise, they release factors that increase the number of newborn neurons in the hippocampus.

Researchers teamed up with a woman with a keen sense of smell to identify telling differences between healthy people and those with the neurodegenerative disease.

The advisors’ recommendations follow news of ethically dubious gene-editing work carried out by He Jiankui late last year.

Frequent use of high-strength cannabis may increase the risk of mental health problems, according to a large-scale epidemiological study.

Robots integrated into groups of zebrafish and of one-day-old honey bees allow the two species to influence each other’s behavior.

While sugary beverages seem to be the worst offenders, artificially sweetened drinks might also be associated with health problems, an observational study suggests.

A study links having a male twin with women’s educational, financial, and childbearing decisions. Researchers suspect prenatal exposure to testosterone may play a role.

A study of people’s brainwaves hints at their unconscious ability to perceive the Earth’s magnetic field.