In a year of racial tumult, Black scientists are uniting for visibility and action. 

While some academics have called for compensation for assessing other scientists’ work, publishers haven’t warmed to the idea.

Meet some of the people featured in the November 2020 issue of The Scientist.

Government leaders claim the reductions are necessary to free up assets to deal with COVID-19 and address corruption in research.

Numerous candidates with STEM backgrounds are running for federal seats, and record numbers are competing in local races across the country.

See who’s on the ballot for House and Senate seats this year.

Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna reprogrammed the bacterial immune response into one of the most popular tools for genetics and molecular biology.

Harvey Alter, Michael Houghton, and Charles Rice share the Physiology or Medicine award for their contributions to identifying the virus and demonstrating that it was responsible for hepatitis among blood transfusion recipients.

As the hiring season gets underway, academic listings are still way down from last year, but there are signs of the job market picking back up.