Human Biology is the integrated study of human anatomy and physiology, including the study of the body in health and disease. It covers a wide range of topics, ranging from genetics, microbiology and ...

In Alzheimer’s, some research suggests that a buildup of prion proteins in the brain may contribute to the devastating loss of short- and long-term memory. “Long-term memory shapes our personality, ...

Penny’s 19th installment in the beloved Gamache series is a particularly haunting and relevant mystery novel. Yael van der Wouden’s novel, shortlisted for this year’s Booker Prize, is about ...

Think back to that basic biology class you took in high school. You probably learned about organelles, those little "organs" ...

Membraneless organelles, also called biomolecular condensates, are changing how scientists think about protein chemistry, ...

Ryo Suzuki and his team at the University of Colorado Boulder are pioneering this new approach to make textbooks dynamic and ...

Ng, Chaturvedi et al. discuss established, emerging, and promising biomarkers related to preeclampsia. They highlight novel approaches for screening these biomarkers at the point of care, aiming ...

Yizhi “Patrick” Cai is coordinating a global effort to write a complete synthetic yeast genome. If he succeeds, the resulting cell will be the artificial life most closely related to humans to date.

The Department of Biology provides the student with opportunities to obtain a broad foundation of biological knowledge and to pursue the study of a particular area of biology through upper-division ...

Evolutionary biology is a subdiscipline of the biological sciences concerned with the origin of life and the diversification and adaptation of life forms over time. Hemichordates hold a key ...

A GCSE textbook that says jihad in Gaza is “justified” has been pulled from print. The book – designed for 16-year-olds sitting the AQA Religious Studies exam – says “social oppression ...

Harvard’s Human Evolutionary Biology concentration may soon be known by a different name. In an email to concentrators, Ashley Johnson, the HEB undergraduate program coordinator, wrote that the ...