A closer moon and ideal coastal conditions for tide pool formation may have started the evolutionary transition of tetrapods.

Poecilia formosa, an all-female fish species, has a surprisingly robust genome. 

Researchers were able to slow tumor growth in a mouse model of human ovarian cancer. 

The agency could demand institutions it funds to remove researchers who are found guilty of misconduct from NSF-supported projects.  

The Scientist speaks with a clinical toxicologist to discuss how the supplement acts in the brain and what the agency's declaration means for research.

This discovery closes a 170-million-year gap in the fossil record.

Researchers create a program that can use fMRI data to identify which musical pieces are in participants' heads.  

Biotech stocks fell in response to the news. 

MinION achieved the longest reads of DNA sequences to date. 

More than 3,500 scientists had signed an open letter to NIH Director Francis Collins opposing the rules change.

The findings more than double the number of known defense mechanisms, piquing the interests of molecular biology tool developers.

Elizabeth Blackburn announced in December that she would step down from the role following gender discrimination lawsuits brought by faculty.