Editor's choice in immunology
When children need medications, getting the dosing and method of administration right is like trying to hit a moving target with an untried weapon.
An anthropologist and a herpetologist join forces to reveal the complex shared evolutionary and ecological history of pythons and primates.
Immune cells in skin provide powerful protection against infection, suggesting new routes for vaccination.
Despite suggestions to the contrary, the Y chromosome is not necessarily rotting away.
Fruit flies consume alcohol to kill off parasites.
Designing the simplest possible living organism artificially may lend clues as to what life is.
As institutions around the world start celebrations of Darwin Day, New York reveals a digitized catalog of Darwin’s scientific manuscripts.
Zebras may have evolved their striped coat to avoid blood-sucking flies.
The textbook example of Darwinian evolution is tested and confirmed.