Nearly half of scientific publications lack sufficient information about the research resources needed to reproduce experimental findings, a study finds.

Training for several hours with a racing video game improves the multitasking abilities of 60- to 85-year-olds for up to six months.

A fungus that erodes the skin has caused massive die-offs of fire salamanders in the Netherlands.

Meet some of the people featured in the September 2013 issue of The Scientist.

Seafloor seismometers record hundreds of thousands of fin whale calls, allowing marine geophysicists to track the elusive marine mammals.

A geophysicist stumbled on a way to track elusive fin whales with seismometers.

A genetic mapping study of intestinal bacteria shows that people with fewer and less diverse bacteria are at greater risk of obesity and associated diseases.

Two new species of closely related electric fishes discovered in the Amazon produce very different electrical signals: one AC, the other DC.

Neuroscientist and pediatric neurologist Peter Huttenlocher, who discovered that synapse growth peaks in early childhood, has passed away at age 82.

A blood test for the protein CA-125, coupled with a vaginal ultrasound, can help detect the difficult-to-spot cancer.

The iconic Framingham Heart Study, the longest-running cardiovascular study in the country, has been hit with a $4 million budget cut.

The European Union’s declaration that it will not support research in Israel’s occupied territories may prompt the country to forgo participation in the Horizon 2020 program.