Scientists have found a human gene lurking in a virus that causes skin infections. It may be using our own DNA to infect us.

Opinion | AI can replace each part of the scientific process, leaving the enterprise recognizable but devoid of human judgment.

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Despite an extensive history of study, quantitative constraints on the thermophysiology of Tyrannosaurus rex remain limited. Here, we derive a thermodynamically based determination of T. rex body temp...

Talks with Professor Brandon Ogbunu from Yale University and UK Science Writer Philip Ball.

Top artificial-intelligence models failed to predict the biological consequences of rewriting a virus's entire DNA code.

This study examines fitness seascapes, maps of how genetic mutations affect an organism's success while accounting for environmental context. Manivannan an

For decades, researchers have rigorously documented the way social inequality shapes the spread of disease. In parallel, mathematical models have emerged for forecasting epidemics and weighing differe...

Over the past three years, C. Brandon Ogbunu has become a familiar face at SFI as an External Professor. In February, he joined SFI as a part-time Resident Professor.

Scientists have identified an unexpected source of genetic variation in human sperm that occurs earlier in sperm development than previously thought. Published in Nature, researchers at the Wellcome S...

C. Brandon Ogbunu responds to Zeynep Pamuk in our forum, “How to Save Science.”

The case is the latest example of this scientific workhorse being misused in experiments.

The figure, which is much higher than previous estimates of Large Language Model use, is for papers published in December and archived in PubMed

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One of Smithsonian Magazine's Ten Best Science Books of 2025 The fascinating, untold story of the air we breathe, the hidden life it contains, and invisible dangers that can turn the world upside dow...

In cell biology, computational models of biological systems range from minimal representations with a handful of parameters to whole-cell simulations tracking thousands of molecular species across a c...

Sturges Hall (Photo by Keith Walters ’11) Opinion By Costas Solomou, Vice President, Enrollment Management Published by the Office of Enrollment Management When Yale University released its Committee ...

Genetics research frequently intersects with ethnicity, nationality, and race, making it uniquely vulnerable to misrepresentation. Yet, 25 years after the initial sequencing of the human genome, there...

Adaptive potential determines how populations respond to environmental change. This study compiles evolvability estimates from over 170 multicellular species, revealing substantial variation across th...

The actor, who died at age 78 on Monday, embodied a passionate approach to research and positive masculinity in his role as paleontologist Alan Grant in the 1993 blockbuster Jurassic Park.

Adam Rutherford salutes a show that finally links the spectacle of natural history with the science that explains it

The idea of ‘biological agency’ — that life devises its own goals and behaves accordingly — complicates our understanding of what it means to be alive. But does it serve a scientific purpose?

AI cheating leads to "a failed society," professor says.

Aedes aegypti is an exceptionally effective global vector of human disease because of its strong specialization on human hosts and habitats. However, in its native range in Africa, many populations ne...

Opinion | In the Leiden Declaration, mathematicians issued a treatise on how AI challenges their field. Others must do the same.