When scientists invoke Jurassic Park, they're activating decades of cultural imagination to make claims about what's inevitable, what's achievable, and what needs to happen next.

Naomi Oreskes has made a forceful case against ghostwriting in science—and she's right. But her argument raises a question she doesn't address: what about researchers who would never use a ghostwriter but still need outside help with their writing? Here's where editing falls on the ethical spectrum, and how to make sure your work with an editor stays above board.

A recent yeast genetics study has valuable implications for Down syndrome research—but its language choices risk alienating the community it aims to help. How deficit framing and syntactic choices can undermine scientific work, and what researchers can do about it.

Why does "Dancing with the Dust Devil" work as a scientific paper title? It's more than a catchy phrase—it works on multiple levels, and it can teach us about making scientific writing memorable without sacrificing precision.