For ducks, size matters — but not in the way you might expect.
Penises of some species of ducks grow extremely long in spring, only to shrink to 10% of their maximum size in the fall and winter, Yale researchers report Sept. 20 in the journal Auk. And it...
Joann Sweasy treats the future of her postdocs with the same demanding attention and rigor she applies to experiments in her lab. For her strong advocacy for those working in her lab, Sweasy, the Ensign Professor of Therapeutic Radiology and professor of...
Scientists have uncovered two closely related cytokines — molecules involved in cell communication and movement — that may explain why some people develop progressive multiple sclerosis (MS), the most severe form of the disease. The findings, authored by...
Moral outrage historically has helped identify and punish some of the worst malefactors among us; however that original purpose could be perverted in the Internet age, argues Yale psychologist Molly Crockett in the Sept. 18 issue of the journal Nature...
David Grimm, online news editor at Science magazine, will speak at Yale on Wednesday, Sept. 20 as a Poynter Fellow in Journalism.
His talk, “Stop Talking Like a Scientist: Communicating Research to the General Public,” will take place at 3 p.m. in Rm. 201...