Last week over in Twitter-land, Philip Ball asked an interesting question: I’ve written a fair bit about historical science, and read more than I’ve written, so this question stuck with me, and seems ...

In the digital age, equipping children with a strong foundation in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) is more crucial than ever. While classrooms provide structured learning, the most ...

BioScience, the monthly journal of the American Institute of Biological Sciences, has asked the presidents of 86 scientific societies to invite their members to submit nominations for an unusual ...

Older DNA strands are preferentially sorted into stem cells when they self-renew (A). This segregates the DNA most recently replicated, and therefore most error-prone, into cells destined for ...