Intense competition among scientists has led to abuses. Is there a better way? When Isaac Newton developed calculus and his theory of gravity, he reaped a reward far greater than stock optio... Read more
Support has been swelling for open-access scientific publishing IF THERE is any endeavour whose fruits should be freely available, that endeavour is surely publicly financed science. Morally... Read more
Science in crisis Scientists – and science generally – are in a moment of crisis on multiple fronts. The gap between science and society has grown to a chasm, with disastrous conseque... Read more
A breakthrough research has managed to develop a drug that may be effective to beat a lethal parasite. It was done by a team of researchers from the University of California San Franc... Read more
Boosts Sociability, Quells Repetitiveness National Institutes of Health researchers have reversed behaviors in mice resembling two of the three core symptoms of autism spectrum disorders (AS... Read more
Image via Wikipedia Reversing a longstanding policy, the federal government said on Friday that human and other genes should not be eligible for patents because they are part of nature. The... Read more