Programs that provide sustainable certification for fisheries may be too generous with their accreditation.

One year olds smile more and communicate better if they participate in interactive music classes with their parents.

Floating pools of plastic debris in the Pacific offer more surfaces for marine insects to lay eggs.

In Chapter 12, "The Opium Fields," author Marc Lewis recounts one night spent in the brain chemistry-bending grip of opium addiction.

Being an ex-drug-addict turned neuroscientist brings a unique insight into the physiological and phenomenological realities of addiction.

Meet some of the people featured in the April 2012 issue of The Scientist.

A new brown tree snake control strategy takes to the skies as scientists scatter toxic rodents over Guam’s forest canopy.

A completely colorblind musician and painter perceives the world in a new way with help from technology.

A population of neurons in pigeon brains encodes direction, intensity, and polarity of the Earth’s magnetic field.

Progenitor cells discovered in the brain’s small blood vessels have the capacity to differentiate into neurons and other tissue types.