Sometimes, groundbreaking discoveries begin with what looks like a failed experiment. Researchers in the lab of MCB Professor Nicholas Bellono have discovered that octopuses possess a unique structura...

A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people

Demands for “viewpoint diversity,” a pillar of the Right’s strategy to remake higher education, collide with the pursuit of truth.

Abstract. Where each species actually lives is distinct from where it could potentially survive and persist. This suggests it is important to distinguish e

A new study in Current Biology (PDF) sheds light on how a critical protein underlying hearing evolved to perform its specialized role in vertebrate sensory systems—offering a rare […]

Abstract. Symbiosis is considered a source of evolutionary innovation. Example innovations that have evolved in symbioses include new organs, morphological

Abstract. Symbiosis is considered a source of evolutionary innovation. Example innovations that have evolved in symbioses include new organs, morphological

Abstract. Biological individuality exists in different forms—unicellular, multicellular, colonial, etc.—which have arisen through evolutionary transitions

Sludge built an interactive map of every ICE contractor working with the Trump administration.

Specialized appendage responds to female sex hormones, allowing males to find sex organs in the dark

The White House asked nine major universities, including USC, to commit to President Trump’s political priorities in exchange for more favorable access to federal money. Gov. Gavin Newsom said Califor...

ALT: a red car is parked next to a trailer that says u-tow on it

Federal officials said Harvard must enact “merit-based reform” in hiring and admissions, among other things. Harvard called the demands unlawful.

The stakes are high, but the choice should not be difficult.

A wide-ranging Republican bill would remove protections against discrimination for transgender people from the Iowa Civil Rights Act.