For the 2012 American Society for Human Genetics conference in San Francisco, we are highlighting a selection of recently published articles in…

Although we’d like to believe that people determine how to vote based on relevant political issues, research has shown that countless subtle…

With the increasing use of Web 2.0 tools in scientific publishing and discussion, there is growing concern that scholarly output may be…

On Monday evening, Hurricane Sandy brought destruction to the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast regions of the United States, leaving much of the area…

Happy Halloween to those goblins and ghouls amongst you! Before you go trick-or-treating tonight, let’s wrap up our month-long series on creepy…

Plants may not generally be associated with the spooky sentiments of Halloween, but put the right Hitchcock soundtrack with the video below…

How many arrows are depicted in the photo above? How many can you find? One? Five? The answer is 118. In research…

Lying awake and listening for demonic footsteps after Paranormal Activity 4 may turn out to be more helpful to your mental health…

To continue our spooktacular posts this October, we bring you a study which may have some arachnophobes rethinking their next vacation destination…

Maybe you’ve seen a ghost, or been told the house in this picture is haunted, or watched enough scary movies to associate…

Being buried in lava and piles of ash can quickly kill, whether above ground or underwater, but research published in PLOS ONE…

Ethics is a cornerstone of science, informing everything from how we design our experiments to what we do with the resulting…