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

CRISPRed heart muscle cells from humans gain the ability to make a protein missing in Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

Over the course of their lives, the jumping spider Synemosyna formica wears two different ant disguises to fool preying birds.

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

Zooming in on the ovarioles of Drosophila could reveal links between muscles, nutrition, and the development of eggs.

Genetic material from old artifacts can link people to their ancestral communities and potentially help descendants find their roots.

Asexual female nematodes use their male offsprings’ sperm to fertilize eggs, but cast away their genes.

The former Columbia University professor’s early work helped illuminate the structure of penicillin, allowing chemists to make variants and broaden the scope of antibiotic treatments.

Otters leave distinct patterns of wear on rocks they use for pounding mussels.

By zooming in on a developing mouse heart, scientists are studying whether defects in vasculature contribute to a thin muscle wall.

A Minnesota-based company reports the sale of a soybean oil engineered to have greater stability and no trans-fat.

The cephalopods use several strategies to manipulate light and produce their colorful patterns.