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Institutions document the effects of unconscious bias and set specific goals for gender balance.

Millions of measurements from 23 people who consumed extra calories every day for a month reveal changes in proteins, metabolites, and gut microbiota that accompany shifts in body mass.

Researchers map learning-induced chromatin alterations in mouse brain cells, and find that many affect autism-associated genes.

Ashutosh Tiwari, who falsely claimed to be affiliated with Linköping University, is also under investigation for alleged scientific misconduct and fraud.

Transparency about the role of animals in drug development could help raise awareness of and appreciation for preclinical research.

The discovery reveals the role of a growth factor and endothelial cells in thymus repair, and could have implications for chemotherapy and radiation patients’ recovery following treatment.

Scientists are beginning to unravel the ways in which we develop a healthy relationship with the bugs in our bodies.

Steven Chu, the president-elect of the scientific organization, is a Nobel laureate and physicist at Stanford University.

The near-complete feminization of northern Great Barrier Reef sea turtles has been blamed on climate change.

These mothers and babies keep each other in their left visual fields during maternal care, which aids right-hemisphere processing. 

The use of underperforming computational tools is a major offender in science’s reproducibility crisis—and there’s growing momentum to avoid it.

A genetic library for African rhinoceros populations has helped match illegally trafficked products to individual poached animals in more than 120 criminal cases.