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After a scientist at the National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg had a mental breakdown that may have contributed to her death in 2016, employees raise red flags about an unhealthy work environment.

The authors have requested a retraction of a paper that found people with the CCR5 Δ32 variant are more likely to die sooner.

The original experiment found brain activity as measured by fMRI was tied to particular genetic variants.

The science isn’t there yet, nor are the known interventions that ought to be combined with delivering such predictions.

The diurnal cycles of the microbiome alter the activity of a protein produced by the host, and in turn guide histone acetylation, gene expression, and metabolic activity.

Very little science from meetings reaches a meaningfully large audience.

Researchers recovered eight species from the salty, alkaline environment—increasing the known biodiversity of animals in the California lake five-fold.

Many organizations work to confront sexual harassment at conferences.

Funding cuts provoke concerns about job losses, cancelled research programs, and closed departments.

The country’s government has imposed a communication blackout on Jammu and Kashmir, the northernmost region in India, effectively cutting off scientists and students from the rest of the world.

Researchers say the Open Agricultural Initiative promoted a high-profile project with misleading claims, and documents show it violated state environmental regulations.

The National Labor Relations Board has gone back-and-forth on whether graduate students at private universities can form unions three times in the past 19 years.