Biology is often seen as an experimental science, with theory serving to generalize patterns from empirical data. But history reveals that theory plays a more generative role in discovery itself.

Department: Biology and Biochemistry Salary: Commensurate with experience Description: The Department of Biology and Biochemistry at the University of Houston seeks to hire an evolutionary biolog...

Why information is the unifying principle that allows us to understand the evolution of complexity in nature

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Theory can help address cell and molecular biology’s major challenges, particularly those arising from large omics datasets.

The Hanna H. Gray Fellows Program supports postdoctoral scientists as they launch careers in academic science, equipping them to pursue scientific research at the highest levels and to recruit, mentor...

The Department of Biology at Stanford University seeks applicants for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Evolutionary Biology. A successful candidate will conduct research that asks fundamental que...

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The Department of Biology at UNC Greensboro (UNCG) seeks an individual with a strong record of accomplishment in microbiology broadly defined for a tenure-track faculty position at the rank of Assista...

ASM announces the recipients of its 2027 Awards and Prize Program. The awards recognize leading scientists and researchers in the microbial sciences for outstanding accomplishments and contributions.

ASM announces the recipients of its 2027 Awards and Prize Program. The awards recognize leading scientists and researchers in the microbial sciences for outstanding accomplishments and contributions.

A decade after taking a knee, Colin Kaepernick has no regrets and is reflecting on his life in his new memoir, The Perilous Fight. He talks to NPR's Michel Martin about losing football, his disappointment with Jay-Z and what the protest taught him about power.

Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...

While running experiments and collecting data are important things, they don’t contribute to science unless we write up the results and share them with our colleagues and the world.  This means tha…

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The year was 1948. At a meeting of the Lenin Academy of Agricultural Sciences in Moscow, biologist Trofim Lysenko delivered a speech that…

CR doesn't recommend e-scooters because of their high speeds and rising injury rates. Two of CR's testers sustained injuries while evaluating e-scooters, too.

The Department of Microbiology & Immunology at Stanford University seeks applications for a tenure-track faculty position at the Assistant Professor level in the University Tenure Line. We seek ou...

A SpaceX rocket that blasted off from Texas in July and crashed into the Indian Ocean hadn't been seen since - but now Christmas Island residents say they have spotted it being towed just off their co...