For centuries, painters and poets have looked to the ocean for insight. Researchers, too, have found their muse in the Earth’s salty realm.

Marine photographers are helping scientists to document the diversity of coral reefs before the imperiled ecosystems disappear.

Britain’s largest university aims to eliminate single-use plastics, in the lab and elsewhere around campus, by 2024. How exactly the institution plans to meet that goal is yet to be determined.

In the book's introduction, author Patricia Churchland makes the case that human conscience can be explained by examining the biological dynamics of social living.

Neuroscience is starting to unravel the evolutionary underpinnings of mammals’ selflessness.

Take a break from the bench to puzzle and peruse.

After a scientist at the National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg had a mental breakdown that may have contributed to her death in 2016, employees raise red flags about an unhealthy work environment.

In Chapter 6, author Bill Sullivan explains how irrational fears can be passed down through transgenerational epigenetic inheritance.

The author of a new book about emerging concepts in human genetics considers the question.