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With All Due Consideration

By Mary Beth Aberlin | May 1, 2012

Scientists and their many hats

Sean McCabe

Agents Provocateurs

By Mary Beth Aberlin | April 1, 2012

Asking pointed questions is a key part of the scientific process.

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Tricky Trials

By Mary Beth Aberlin | March 1, 2012

Studies on safety, efficacy, or dosing of drugs in children, or on nutritional supplements, are not run-of-the-mill.

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On the Menu

By Mary Beth Aberlin | February 1, 2012

Digestion on the cellular level: two mysteries examined

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In with the New

By Mary Beth Aberlin | January 1, 2012

There is definitely no shortage of technological innovation in the life sciences.

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A Truly Happy Return

By Mary Beth Aberlin | December 1, 2011

After a roller-coaster of an October, The Scientist resumes publication under new ownership.

Andrzej Krauz

. . . And Many Happy Returns

By Mary Beth Aberlin | October 1, 2011

To the great scientific leaps witnessed during our first 25 years, and the game changers yet to come.

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Alive and Kicking

By Eugene Garfield | October 1, 2011

The publication I launched a quarter century ago has come further than anyone ever expected.

Andrzej Krauz

Hold That Thought

By Mary Beth Aberlin | September 1, 2011

In the memory circuits of the aging brain and the signaling pathways of pain, science is trading mystery for mastery.

ANDRZEJ KRAUZ

Seeing the Forest for the Trees

By Mary Beth Aberlin | August 1, 2011

Getting the big picture means asking lots of little questions.