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The Scientist speaks with organismal biologist Xavier Glaudas about possible reasons for his recent finding that male Montpellier snakes cannibalize female conspecifics.

The three-month moratorium comes after a former prion researcher was diagnosed with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.

One hundred years after its invention, BCG has stood the test of time as a vaccine against tuberculosis.

A retrospective analysis of stored respiratory samples shows one patient could have been infected with SARS-CoV-2 weeks before the coronavirus was thought to have arrived in France, but a critic of the result questions whether the sample was contaminated.

The beverage was a popular tonic and antiseptic.

A discovery of Neanderthal footprints reveals insights into the hominin’s social structure.

If members don’t explicitly believe gender discrimination exists, they allow implicit stereotypes to sway their decision-making, according to a new analysis of real-world hiring decisions.

For years, a committee at CNRS has bucked the recommendations of its researchers to hire two social scientists, and colleagues conclude that prejudice is at play.

Just half of respondents in Eastern Europe agree that vaccines are safe.

A consortium of institutions will not renew its contract with the publisher that ends in June, following the lead of organizations in other countries.

More than 2,000 signatories urge a national consortium of French academic institutions to refuse an increase in journal subscription fees.

French President Emmanuel Macron awards millions of euros in research funding to climate scientists who will relocate from the U.S. and elsewhere to France.

Rather than offering grant funds to US researchers, some French researchers wish Macron would commit to funding domestic labs. 

March for Science, Trumping the EPA, the French election, and more

The future French president’s goals are pro-science, yet he will need parliamentary support.

The World Health Organization reports four locally acquired cases of the virus in the country.

The 92-year-old bacterial geneticist who helped pioneer the study of gene regulation has passed away.

European agencies will evaluate a recent study that links genetically modified corn to early death.