The Australian physicist-turned-biologist served as a top scientist in the UK government and president of the Royal Society, among other prestigious appointments.

Will the study of interactions between living things ever mirror the fundamental nature of physics and mathematics?

Scientists create a micro-CT scan image of Drosophila in fine detail.

The astronomical idea doesn’t align well with the fossil record, anthropologists argue, but the origins of bipedalism are still difficult to determine.

From the remarkable speed of enzyme-catalyzed reactions to the workings of the human brain, numerous biological puzzles are now being explored for evidence of quantum effects.

At magnetic field intensities somewhat above that of Earth, stem cell proliferation shifts gears.

Two new allegations surfaced last week, following an earlier accusation of rape.

The unit of mass will no longer be defined by a lone physical object but instead in terms of a universal constant.

Micrometer-scale fractures in elephant skin results from the way the epidermis grows.