Sylvia Chou, former NIH program director, says “nobody’s OK” after massive disruptions to funding policies and infrastructure.

If my face and name were not my own, who was I?

Scientists have debated for decades whether the human brain sprouts new neurons throughout life. What would it mean if it could — and how much evidence is enough?

We investigated how bumblebees balance efficiency and accessibility in string-pulling tasks. When given strings of different lengths attached to rewards, they consistently chose the shorter one. They...

C.H. Waddington’s powerful image of embryonic stem cells specializing on a rolling landscape has captivated biologists since the 1950s. Experimental data is finally confirming, and complicating, his v...

Aldabra giant tortoises (Aldabrachelys gigantea) are exceptionally long-lived. We sequenced the genome and methylome of Jonathan, a 194-year-old Aldabra, to explore the molecular basis of his longevit...

The Nobel's gender gap reflects larger barriers faced by women in science

Higher ed is being strangled by absurd and costly rules. What message is that sending to students?

By pinpointing when it begins in young humans, scientists hope to better understand what consciousness is, and how it arises, in all of us.

Optogenetics has come in for some stick lately, with a number of people criticising the hype that this technique generates in some quar...

Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann, Georg Nagel were awarded the prize for their work on light-gated ion channels and optogenetics.

A new study highlights some early impacts of universal childcare on labor supply for mothers in New Mexico.

Abstract. Deaf children born to hearing parents—who represent the majority of deaf children—often do not have full access to the spoken language input arou

A blog about imperfect cognitions, such as delusional beliefs, distorted memories, confabulatory explanations, and implicit biases.

American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) from the American Public Health Association (APHA)

A delayed clinical trial underscores the stakes of federal research funding cuts for children with DIPG, a deadly brain tumor with few treatment options.

From crypto to cologne, Bibles to blanket pardons, Donald Trump has turned the White House into a cash cow for himself, his cronies, and his kin.