The 2019-nCoV coronavirus outbreak is serious, but we are getting the response to it right

In 2002, the SARS outbreak surprised the world. The global response to 2019-nCoV has taken that lesson to heart

Mackenzie Thornbury, University of Montreal

4 peer comments

January 23, 2020

How much does genetics affect political beliefs? Does it even matter?

Prabarna Ganguly, National Human Genome Research Institute

January 1, 2020

Irresponsible scientific research and media portrayals are hurting trans people. Do better

Elysa Carr, The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health

December 8, 2019

Can AI help diagnose depression? It's a long shot

Alejandra Canales, University of Wisconsin - Madison

5 peer comments

November 19, 2019

Graduate student working conditions are worsening. To fight back, they're unionizing

Kristifor Sunderic, BMCC CUNY

October 27, 2019

Scientists have shown the perfect way to make pancakes, and that has huge implications

Molly Sargen, Harvard University

2 peer comments

September 30, 2019

We can use genes to find serial killers, but how much more can they really tell us?

Yewande Pearse, LA Biomed

September 25, 2019

Here's another study on the genetics of same-sex sexual behavior, with a lot of caveats

Dan Samorodnitsky

August 29, 2019

Low-tech scientists are using their eyes, ears, and intuition to make important discoveries

Hannah Thomasy, University of Washington

3 peer comments

August 27, 2019

This OB-GYN is waging war on Goop products, pseudoscience, and health misinformation

Dr. Jen Gunter launches the Jensplaining digital series and The Vagina Bible to fight against health misinformation

Farah Qaiser, University of Toronto

August 26, 2019

Scientists tried to replicate a provocative gene editing paper in real-time, and documented it on Twitter

Alison Koontz, Caltech

3 peer comments

August 15, 2019

Before Apollo 11 landed, astronauts needed a map of the Moon

Timothy Swindle, University of Arizona

July 18, 2019

"Paraben-free" products aren't safer than anything else

Emily Harari, UC Berkeley

July 2, 2019

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

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

5 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

More needs to be done by cisgender people in the field, and it needs to be done now

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

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?

We should value scientists who transfer their skills

Prabarna Ganguly, National Human Genome Research Institute

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

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

Science doesn't need to be so complicated. The answer: more sensible statistics

Irineo Cabreros, Princeton University

2 peer comments

January 18, 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

Here are five practical ways to start fixing the problem

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

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

The FDA's slow processes are keeping safe, environmentally friendly products off the shelves

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

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

When scientists become 'data parasites,' everybody wins

Alison Gilchrist, University of Colorado Boulder

July 19, 2017

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

Autism research is difficult to understand, and that's our fault as scientists.

David Haggerty, Indiana University School of Medicine

June 16, 2017