Stories by Adam Marcus

What does it take to correct the scientific record? And who—and what—stands in the way? The answer to both questions is: everyone

More than 4,500 academics have pledged to skip U.S.-based meetings

An analysis of an early trial reveals missing data, high dropout rates and inconsistencies

Some scientists have found highly unethical or duplicitous routes to tamper with and game the peer-review system designed to ensure the validity of findings

We tend to move closer to those who share our physical traits

The first "A" in NASA stands for aeronautics, and the agency is leading a host of federal programs and initiatives that aim to develop a fleet of environmentally friendly aircraft

Could the anesthesia and painkillers used to make operations and recovery bearable also influence the risk that cancer will return?

Colorado State University researchers have developed a device for use in the field that can identify both active tuberculosis infection and dormant microbes, which could flare up into full-blown illness*

DARPA mainly hopes that research on this quantum quirk can produce futuristic microdevices

With Major League Baseball's All-Star game taking place tonight, a researcher explains why, when it comes to swinging a baseball bat, heavier isn't necessarily better

Wall lizards are good guinea pigs for signs of pollution

Reed warblers assail cuckoos in force to protect their nests from potential parasitism

Miniature vessel mimics insect larvae by using surface tension for propulsion

German scientists devise an innovative method for freezing elephant sperm

A new study shows that frogs and geckos differ in how they get a grip

Fiddler crabs track strides to help them find their burrows

Male pipefish, like seahorses, have their own placentas to carry and nourish their offspring

Researchers may have found a way to suppress inflammatory responses by splicing a factor from the deadly snake’s toxin onto a human protein

Study helps puncture myth that scent is a weak sense in avian world

Researchers set up "haunted" room to prove an electromagnetic theory of ghost sightings

Worms Rampant in Iranian Dromedaries

First ant species with a mostly mushroom diet uncovered by researchers

Study finds that striped bass exposed to antidepressant Prozac shun food and become easier prey