Researchers studying differences in how individuals respond to stress are finding that genes are malleable and environments can be deterministic.
Researchers studying differences in how individuals respond to stress are finding that genes are malleable and environments can be deterministic.
In an essay entitled "Nurture, Nature, and the Stress That is Life," neurobiologists Darlene Francis and Daniela Kaufer envision a future where science moves past the nature vs. nurture debate in considering differences in human behavioral responses to stress.
Large-scale data collection and analysis have fundamentally altered the process and mind-set of biological research.
Considered a renegade by his peers, Nobel Prize-winner Eric Kandel used a simple model to probe the neural circuitry of memory.
Dried plant specimens reveal the origin of an insect pest that has spread throughout Europe.
Learn about the field’s first genetic circuits and read forecasts by George M. Church and J. Craig Venter of a future where man-made organisms pump out novel fuels, drugs, and therapies.
A handful of life science researchers will take home the United States' top science honor.
How an Italian scientist doing Frankenstein-like experiments on dead frogs discovered that the body is powered by electrical impulses.
A German ethics council weighs in on the discussion about the use of human-animal chimeras in research.