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With help from Danish animal behaviorists, a septet of porkers went from performing on the main stage to being the main course

An NIH-funded researcher disagrees with the notion that shorter NIH grant applications will favor more experienced investigators

An out-of-the-ordinary design project blends synthetic biology and human necessity to glimpse the future of self diagnosis

Politicians may debate whether Barack Obama deserves the Nobel he accepts today, but in biology, the evidence is clear

In his new book, an animal researcher reflects on animal rights and what extremists get wrong

Disagreement over how older influenza drugs stop the virus is stymieing efforts to find new compounds

New study calls into question further research from Duke biochemist Homme Hellinga

Peruse a PhD student's top 10 smart phone applications that boost his efficiency and speed his research

Dust and other disturbers of air quality are traveling vast distances to affect the health of people worldwide, says a new report

Last chance to submit entries to our annual contest for innovative life science technologies -- contest closes today, September 15

Receptors that bind the active ingredient in marijuana may be novel therapeutic targets in autoimmune disease, but contested evidence for their presence on neurons could hamper drug development

Prostate cancer is increasingly looking like an infectious disease, a new study shows, and may be sexually transmitted