Stories by Brendan Maher

Scientists and supporters rallied in cities across the U.S. and Europe to protest dramatic funding cuts and other attacks from the Trump administration

Scientists are helping to stop antisocial behaviour in the world's most popular online game. The next stop could be a kinder Internet

New genetic sequencing data point to a longstanding conflict between the chromosomes that determine sex

Innovative and existing methods are needed to tackle global overpopulation, experts say

Public health officials and medical studies should take sex into account when addressing people's response to flu and other infections

With thousands of people in need of heart transplants, researchers are trying to grow new organs

A genetic mutation provides a clue to Hugh Rienhoff's daughter's undefined syndrome

Neuroscientist Sam Wang says that predicting vote winners is easy if you understand median-based statistics, probabilities and some Bayesian statistics

A battle over a mutant bird flu strain has thrown the spotlight on a little-known government body that oversees bioterror-related research. Some ask if it was up to the task