Glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup, is designed to be toxic to plants, but scientists observe some untoward effects on animals in the lab. 

Editors’ picks of the year’s best in The Scientist infographics.

The scientific community bid farewell to a number of luminaries this year. 

A sampling of some of the fascinating critters identified by scientists this year

Making the list: a journal breaks a retraction record, Nobel laureates Do the Right Thing, and Seinfeld characters write a paper 

How a new administration in the U.S. affected scientists around the world throughout 2017

Hurricanes, protests, and lifesaving genetic engineering: our picks for the biggest stories of the year

‘Tis the season to be sciency.

The approval of the Roundup ingredient follows an extensive debate amidst conflicting evidence over the health effects of the world’s most popular weed killer. 

A group evaluating glyphosate’s cancer risk omitted evidence that the chemical is not carcinogenic.