If you had a choice between going to your boss and asking for funds for a new piece of gear, would you rather ask for $3000 to buy off-the-shelf, or $200 for the parts to build the same thing yourself ...

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Don't judge Daniel Grushkin because he used to perform science experiments in his cramped New York apartment. Even though he isn't a typical scientist, the amateur biologist still managed to insert a ...

Want to know if you have the “athlete gene” or if you’re actually related to the weirdos who claim you as a family member? Get your collection tubes ready, citizen scientists, Bento Lab’s DIY DNA ...

Many scientists will go out of their way to save a few bucks, especially when it comes to improvising with makeshift lab equipment. So when Jacquelyn Gill, an associate professor of paleoecology and ...

A lot of scientific software is freeware or free/open source software (FOSS). That’s appropriate: just as the process of science should be open to enhance reproducibility, its tools should be as ...

Joshua Pearce is not one for understatement. "This is the beginning of a true revolution in the sciences," says the author of "Open-Source Lab." For cash-strapped researchers, he could be right. His ...

From left to right: SoundBio co-founders Michal Galdzicki, Zach Mueller, and Regina Wu, with SoundBio founding member Wakanene Kamau. (SoundBio Photo) Despite a vibrant maker culture, and one of the ...