A slime mold changes its mind: an interview with slime mold scientist Audrey Dussutour
How do slime molds and ants make decisions without a central brain?
How a balloon flying over Antarctica made parallel universes tabloid fodder
No, scientists did not discover evidence for a parallel universe in the Antarctic ice
Deborah Jin engineered new quantum states of matter — twice
According to colleague Kathryn J. Levin, Jin "probably would have gotten the Nobel"
Physicists measured general relativity's effects using clocks
The findings will let us apply the theory here on Earth
Scientists, beware of the consequences of routine practices in your lab!
The harmless practice of using parafilm to seal agar petri dishes containing the model organism, C. elegans, actually impacts larval development
Scientists have shown the perfect way to make pancakes, and that has huge implications
Some science is labeled "silly" by the media and politicians, but don't be fooled — simple research is extremely important
Meet Eunice Foote, early climate scientist and women's rights leader
Her experiments uncovered the greenhouse effect three years before the man who was widely credited with this discovery
Scientists are mapping the genetic tool fancied a 'fountain of youth'
Telomerase protects our genetic information as cells copy DNA. It's stymied scientists for decades
People ask about my experiments on mice. The answers are … complicated
Behind most breakthroughs is animal research. Let's stop pretending otherwise
Turkeys on treadmills are helping anthropologists test the fossil record
Walk like a person, talk like a turkey
Why teamwork is better than attempting lone heroism in science
A story of failure, collaboration, and incredibly tiny medicine