As one wise pundit recently observed, “everybody is a virologist now.” For the many people whose interest in biology formerly...
School closures are among the more controversial options for controlling the COVID-19 pandemic, with authorities debating whether the preventative measure is worth...
Our biological or circadian clock synchronizes all our bodily processes to the natural rhythms of light and dark. It’s no...
The sun is the only star in our system. But many of the points of light in our night sky...
Melbourne, Australia – May 23, 2016: Close-up view of Google Play Store on Android smartphone and Apple’s App Store on...
To us humans, a single Sun feels completely normal, but our Solar System is actually a weird outlier. Most stars...
While humans may struggle to navigate a murky, turbid underwater environment, weakly electric fish can do so with ease. These...
There’s a 7-fold unexplained variation in rates of euthanasia across The Netherlands, reveals an analysis of health insurance claims data,...
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin company launched a new capsule into space Thursday to test all the astronaut perks before people...
A year ago, I wrote an article for The Conversation about a mysterious outbreak of pneumonia in the Chinese city...
Advancements in energy technologies, healthcare, semiconductors and food production all have one thing in common: they rely on developing new...
The COVID-19 pandemic, which claimed more than 336,000 lives in the United States in 2020, has significantly affected life expectancy,...