Sex isn't binary, and we should stop acting like it is

It's time for legislation and education to reflect sex as a spectrum with unlimited options

Liza Brusman, The Scripps Research Institute

June 14, 2019

Alternative medicine could treat our maladies, but we have to study it

Song-My Hoang, University of Pittsburgh

3 peer comments

June 6, 2019

The 1919 solar eclipse experiment that confirmed relativity was built with sweat and hard, physical labor

Joshua Roebke, University of Texas at Austin

May 29, 2019

Why parents should think twice about tracking apps for their kids

Joel Michael Reynolds, UMass Lowell

May 16, 2019

Great minds think differently - supporting neurodiversity benefits scientific progress

Susanna Harris, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

Juan Pablo Ruiz, University of Wisconsin - Madison

May 9, 2019

Science has to do better for its queer, trans, and non-binary scientists

Lila Leatherman, Oregon State University

March 31, 2019

Climate change is causing floods all over the world. Here's what you can do to help

Gabriela Serrato Marks, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

March 29, 2019

Who owns your cells?

Sarah Kearns, University of Michigan

3 peer comments

February 14, 2019

Why aren't there quality controls for antibody research?

Daniel Bojar, ETH Zurich

August 17, 2018

Why fieldwork is still crucial for science research

There are some things it's impossible to discern without ground truthing

Cassie Freund, Wake Forest University

1 peer comment

July 18, 2018

Why science education for seniors is a boon for them – and for everyone else

Brianna Bibel, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

June 27, 2018

'Orphan drugs' are ascendant. What will that mean for people with rare diseases?

Tara Fernandez, Cell Biology

May 29, 2018

Trump's wall would harm unique and fragile wildlife on the California border

Christa Trexler, UC San Diego

May 29, 2018

Billionaires are rushing into biotech. Inequality is following them into science

Joshua Peters, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

2 peer comments

May 15, 2018

Why is it so hard for scientists to talk about leaving academia?

Prabarna Ganguly, Northeastern University

3 peer comments

May 9, 2018

The Graduate Research Fellowship Program favors elite schools – again

Kelsey Lucas, University of Michigan

3 peer comments

April 11, 2018

A scientist responds to that 'Science' Instagram essay

Gabriela Serrato Marks, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

March 20, 2018

I crush stalagmites from protected caves. What can I do to give back?

Gabriela Serrato Marks, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

March 5, 2018

Plants are not conscious, whether you can 'sedate' them or not

A New York Times story is a case study in what can go wrong in translating science

Devang Mehta, University of Alberta

2 peer comments

February 14, 2018

BRCA genes are more complicated than most people think

Rachel Aronoff, Molecular Microbiology

January 31, 2018

Ketogenetic dieting aids look too good to be true because they are

Kevin Pels, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

December 19, 2017

It's time to stop excluding people with disabilities from science

Gabriela Serrato Marks, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

December 15, 2017

The hidden costs of fieldwork are making science less diverse

Cassie Freund, Wake Forest University

November 14, 2017

The Republican tax plan would hurt students and young people. We can't let it pass

Dan Samorodnitsky

November 6, 2017

The Mother's Curse: how a French king’s legacy revealed a loophole in evolution

Devang Mehta, University of Alberta

October 24, 2017

Rand Paul's bill to stop 'silly' science would stifle research, innovation, and the economy

Gregory Logan-Graf, Carnegie Mellon University

October 23, 2017

CAR-T could revolutionize cancer treatment. It can also be fatal

Kevin Pels, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

October 19, 2017

My 'basic' fruit fly research could help save lives

Politicians like Sarah Palin love to mock it, but here's why we should all support 'basic' research

Gregory Logan-Graf, Carnegie Mellon University

October 11, 2017

The science Nobel Prizes are sexist, racist, and misleading. Let's rethink them

Devang Mehta, University of Alberta

October 3, 2017

Why studies that rely too much on drugs often fail to hold up

Anastasia Gorelova, University of Pittsburgh

September 20, 2017

Dear Harvard, Berkeley, and MIT: don't patent CRISPR

Dan Samorodnitsky

September 7, 2017

The next revolution in food is being held up by regulation

Kate Krueger, New Harvest

September 6, 2017

Why GMO labeling laws won't help US consumers make better decisions

ANDREW SCARPELLI, National Louis University

September 5, 2017

Scientists shouldn't be punished for being wrong

Jay Bassan, University of Toronto

September 1, 2017

This biologist believes we should embrace human gene editing

Devang Mehta, University of Alberta

August 31, 2017

Feeding the world as the climate changes will depend on genetic engineering

Jackie Grimm, Princeton University

August 30, 2017

Why you shouldn't worry about the bacteria in your sponges

Remember that study about the 'dangerous' bacteria hiding in your kitchen sponge? Not so fast

Kevin Pels, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

August 25, 2017

We need to change the way we think about alcoholism

David Haggerty, Indiana University School of Medicine

August 9, 2017

How Shark Week hurts the very creatures it celebrates

Anna Robuck, University of Rhode Island

July 25, 2017

I empathize with anti-vaxxers. Here's how flawed autism science can lead to the wrong conclusions.

David Haggerty, Indiana University School of Medicine

June 16, 2017