A young biology professor was prosecuted in Dayton in 1925 for teaching Darwin’s theory, a conflict that continues a century ...

The Scopes “monkey trial” garnered international attention, and the battle that was fought continues in some form in other ...

The DNA is basically a book of recipes. Each recipe tells the cells in our bodies how to make specific proteins by combining ...

Grant terminations at Harvard have affected research on antibiotic resistance, identifying the earliest precursors of breast cancer and finding cures for ALS.

Dr. Michael Purugganan attended the Manila Science High School before pursuing a Bachelor's degree in Chemistry at the ...

Research Spotlight” is a biweekly column that highlights UW centers, institutions, and labs that are assets to their ...

Patriarchy contradicts biological history and does not reflect it.

the trial was about something that seemed small—whether a high school teacher who taught evolution in his biology class broke the law,” says Brenda Wineapple, author of Keeping the Faith ...

A new study by researchers at the University of Galway's School of Natural Sciences has revealed why some spiders possess ...

A new study has revealed why some spiders possess venom that is far more potent than others. By analyzing the venoms of more than 70 different spider species, the team explored whether factors such as ...

Dozens of UT Austin students received Graduate Research Fellowships and honors from the National Science Foundation.

Flowers grow stems, leaves and petals in a perfect pattern again and again. A new study shows that even in this precise, patterned formation in plants, gene activity inside individual cells is far ...