Researchers familiar with the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH’s) peer-review process can cite many cases where the reputation of a scientist or their workplace seemed to count for more than the strength of their ideas. There was the scientist who moved from the Ivy League to a large public university and saw scores on his grant applications drop. The investigators from...
AUSTIN, TEXAS— A newborn infant looks unmistakably hu man, with legs, mouth, ears, and bottom all in place. The same can’t be said about the youngest sea stars, worms, or butterflies: Many invertebrates start out looking nothing like the adults they will become. Now, researchers have monitored one worm’s larval cells during the transfor mation to...
The demographic makeup of the presidentially appointed body that oversees the National Science Foundation (NSF) skewed toward white men under former President Donald Trump. But last week, President Joe Biden took a big step toward restoring its previous diversity. On 13 January, Biden announced the pending appointment of seven women and one man for the eight...