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So, as you’ve probably heard by now, a judge has blocked U.S. President Barack Obama’s decision to expand the number of embryonic stem cell lines the government will fund research on, arguing it would violate federal law by destroying embryos.

The front page of The Guardian featured an article highlighting the apparent waning efficiency of antibiotic efficiency due to the global spread of certain drug-resistant bacteria. NHS takes a closer look behind the headlines, but what do you think? Is it likely that we will be dealing with infections in the UK that are completely…

I guess we’ve all had our fair share of unreasonable reviewer comments. But does that mean that peer review is broken? Peer review is inextricably linked with citation metrics and the impact factor, but for now, let’s just focus on that single aspect. Is peer review broken? Is the fact that we’ve noticed problems with…

If we could eliminate mosquitoes, those suckers that give you the itchy bites, and carry malaria (which kills just shy of a million people every year), should we? An article in today’s Nature considers the possibility of a world without mosquitoes. Tell us what you think using the poll up there on the right, and…