opinion

Female and minority-identifying researchers face extra challenges in becoming field project leaders. Universities should be providing equivalent numbers of solutions.

All members of the scientific community must commit to taking the risks needed to change how research is shared and evaluated.

An influential paper on amyloid protein and Alzheimer’s disease potentially fabricated data. Why did it take 16 years to flag?

As a former committee member who now advises PETA, I believe that claims that the identities of committee members must be kept secret to protect their safety are unfounded.

Cloning and parthenogenesis of humans wouldn’t align with bioethical principles.

Two recent court rulings shine a light on the disturbing tactics used by some activists to target biomedical researchers who study animals.

With a global alarm ringing because of an unprecedented outbreak of monkeypox, we should also consider a different but closely related viral threat.

Evidence from various sciences reveals that there are diverse ways of being male, female, or both. An anthropologist argues that embracing these truths will help humans flourish.

Do members of Homo floresiensis still inhabit the Indonesian island where their fossils helped identify a new human species fewer than 20 years ago?

In addition to causing more frequent natural disasters, global warming can have long-term health effects, which range from heat stress to mosquito-borne disease.

Researchers who study the phenomenon in humans should incorporate subjective experiences into data on love.

And does it even matter?

Reaching a science skeptic is not a matter of credentials; it’s a matter of heart.

Overbearing restrictions on research into toxins and pathogens such as SARS-CoV-2 could undermine public health and security in the long run.

The pandemic has yielded many lessons. One is that adequate and well-distributed diagnostics are key to battling disease outbreaks.

The pandemic has revealed the importance of preparing students to critically evaluate the conceptual foundations and real-world impact of science.

Rethinking why and how we conserve crop genetic diversity

Can requiring users of Facebook and other platforms to pass critical thinking tests stem the tide of widely disseminated misinformation?

Preprints can be valuable additions to the scientific literature. But we must start seeing them as perishable commodities rather than akin to peer-reviewed, published studies.