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Samuel Achebe

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Samuel Achebe covers Research, Science News and Expert Voice.

Articles by Samuel Achebe

Vial, syringe, and heart anatomical model on a laboratory bench

The semaglutide heart trial that changed the obesity-drug conversation, in close-up

Samuel Achebe

How do scientists know how old a fossil is?

How do scientists know how old a fossil is?

Samuel Achebe

Papers that get harsher peer review may end up more cited

Papers that get harsher peer review may end up more cited

Samuel Achebe

How does peer review actually work before publication?

How does peer review actually work before publication?

Samuel Achebe

Pipeline funnel infographic from compounds to approved drug

When animal studies fail to translate

Samuel Achebe

Infographic of foreign-born shares across U.S. science workforce levels

Why foreign-born scientists matter to U.S. research

Samuel Achebe

Research vessel at the edge of sea ice near icebergs

What satellites actually see when Antarctic ice shelves thin

Samuel Achebe

University research building exterior at dusk

How conflict of interest disclosures work

Samuel Achebe

Glowing data-server racks in a repository hall at night

Why preprints are not peer reviewed yet

Samuel Achebe

Macro close-up of a student-authored notebook page with a hand-drawn experiment diagram

Why science education emphasizes inquiry now

Samuel Achebe

Forest plot infographic of pooled study results

What a meta-analysis actually combines

Samuel Achebe

Infographic comparing dual enrollment and AP credit pathways

How dual enrollment changes college pathways

Samuel Achebe

Graduate students sharing a meal in a crowded department common room

How graduate stipends shape who becomes a scientist

Samuel Achebe

Long reading room of a university library with empty study desks

What open access publishing means for libraries

Samuel Achebe

Bar chart comparing relative and absolute risk reductions

What effect size means beyond significance

Samuel Achebe

Diagram comparing 2003 draft genome with gapless T2T sequence

What the telomere-to-telomere genome added to 'complete' human DNA

Samuel Achebe

Engineers in white cleanroom garments inspecting a spacecraft instrument

What ESA's Ariel mission will actually do to exoplanet air

Samuel Achebe