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A biotech startup called Tessera Therapeutics has made a splash with its claims about the trademarked technology. Is the excitement justified?

Try your hand at a sciency brainteaser.

Researchers race to find ecological data kept on outdated media or in dusty backroom boxes—before they’re lost forever.

Open science serves to make the research process more transparent. But we are still waiting to realize the fruits of open-data policies at scientific journals.

The Duke University cell biologist uses live-cell microscopy to reveal how brain cells rid themselves of damaged mitochondria and what goes wrong in neurodegenerative disease.

Take a break from the bench to puzzle and peruse

The university’s board of trustees will oversee a probe after allegations of errors and manipulated images in four papers Marc Tessier-Lavigne coauthored. 

Taylor, formerly of the University of Louisville, is known for his discovery of and research on tumor-secreted exosomes.  

He also worked on immunizations against polio, rubella, influenza, and more.

At 33, Dal Co had already founded her own microbial ecology lab at the University of Lausanne in Switzerland.

Judith Masters and Fabien Génin had both recently retired from the University of Fort Hare after celebrated careers researching lemurs and their kin.

Natural science research projects were among those promised funding by the now-collapsed crypto exchange’s “effective altruism” foundations.

Union-represented workers are walking out for an indefinite period of time after negotiations over their compensation and other issues stalled.

Scientists, students, and administrative staff are working to bring about a cultural shift to mitigate the impact of research on the environment.

In a chapter on cats, author Bethany Brookshire explores the thorny issue of felines that live freely.

In Pests: How Humans Create Animal Villains, I explore what it is that makes an animal a pest—and it has nothing to do with their behavior, but rather our own desires and beliefs about the natural world.

In the wake of Elon Musk’s takeover, many researchers are exploring their options with the open-source platform Mastodon.

All members of the scientific community must commit to taking the risks needed to change how research is shared and evaluated.