Many preclinical studies carried out in vivo are poorly designed and generate irreproducible data, but efforts to address the problem are on the rise.

A case in which the University of Florida killed birds to protect crop research raises questions on the ethics of field studies’ potential side effects.

A recent toast to James Watson highlights a tolerance for bigotry many want excised from the scientific community.

A painting of the woman who was the source of HeLa cells will be on view at the National Portrait Gallery beginning May 15.

The physician-scientist recruited future Nobel Prize winners to build the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas into a first-rate institution. 

The Chilean government contends that the remains of a mummified fetus, recently sequenced by US researchers, were exhumed illegally.

Anne Peyroche has been acting president of the French science organization since last October.

The BMJ inquiry finds that researchers presented only select results from animal experiments when applying for funding and approval for human trials.

How to tell reputable journals from shady ones