Complex traits that span multiple tissues and systems often integrate large numbers of genes across development, physiology, and behavior, making it challenging to identify their essential components....

A decade ago, I made a decision about my daughter’s education that I hoped would challenge New York City’s separate and unequal school system. Now 16, she thinks I made the wrong choice.

The crisis of the university is its inability to be honest about the nature of its self-induced crisis. Its leaders or senior managers often share the perspectives of those who wish the university to ...

School said it is pivoting away from letter-grading system to ‘curb the mental health crisis’ among college students

The 2026 cycle of the C. elegans Community Mentor Match is open to graduate students, postdocs, and faculty at any career stage. ⏱️ This form takes only 2–5 minutes to complete depending on your choic...

Senior Scientific Illustrator Noelle Burgess walks through her process for the 25 June cover of Science

Susumu Tonegawa, a renowned MIT professor of biology and neuroscience and a Nobel laureate, has died at the age of 86. His discovery of how the immune system generates many different antibodies earned...

An invitation to engage with some of today’s most respected science journalists as they take readers beneath the surface to tell the stories behind eleven of the best science stories.

The nuclear option is gaining traction as web traffic collapses and Google refuses to negotiate with content creators

Cornell Lab for Ornithology plans data linkup between app and population monitoring on eBird platform

The late biochemist from Southern Pines transformed agriculture by creating the first genetically modified plants.

Meteorologists simply aren't able to gather as much data as they used to, and you're suffering for it.

Images of crowded beaches or people swimming in pools are known to make extreme weather seem less dangerous.

A new study finds that hundreds of lives have been saved since school-age girls were offered the HPV jab in 2008.

A new study found that two diversity-oriented programs supported by the NIH doubled the odds that an undergraduate would earn a Ph.D.

I expected to love Project Hail Mary (this was an easy prediction. Things I like: space movies, puppets, problem-solving, emotional soundtracks, plots that revolve around solving problems, people who ...

Are women as strong as men? According to science writer Starre Vartan, in some cases, they are stronger. She argues that scientific research over the last several decades shows that culture shapes str...

Pitfalls of heritable genome editing undermine theoretical benefits.

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Boycotting as a Tactic: The REI Boycott w/Ashley Hamilton

The White House directive to put psychedelics on a regulatory fast track is at once welcome and worrisome. The attention to psychedelics is overdue, and there’s a real opportunity to build a stronger ...

Position Summary The Barrick and Lenski Labs in the Department of Microbiology, Genetics, & Immunology at Michigan State University are seeking a Research Assistant II to manage their research ope...