The four factors that drive contagion

Race has been used to segment humanity and, by extension, establish and enforce a hierarchy in science. Individual and institutional commitments to racial justice in the sciences must involve political activity.

In Chapter 13, “Trusting Experts—and the Trump Administration,” Marc Zimmer laments the communication breakdown between modern US policy makers and scientists

A new book explores the ways that research findings are used and misused.

Data on vertebrate species that have become, or are likely to become, extinct reveal plant eaters are most under threat.

Our first event is a book club for Sinclair Lewis’s 1925 classic novel Arrowsmith, which we’ll discuss with two prominent scholars during a webinar on September 25.

In Chapter 8, author Debora MacKenzie recounts an unfortunate history of baselessly blaming disease outbreaks on groups perceived as outsiders.

Take a break from the bench to puzzle and peruse.

Our experience with COVID-19 has already shone a light on how (and how not) to address future outbreaks.

The upcoming summer research season has been suspended amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

In the prologue to the book, author Neil Shubin sets the stage for discussing the iterative repurposing that marks several transformational developments throughout evolution.

An undergraduate research project finds the animals are tuned in to reassuring information from other species.

Pretending to be a javelin aficionado is one thing. Professing to have real insight into the ongoing pandemic is quite another.

Evolution needn’t make improbable leaps to facilitate transitions into uncharted biological territory. Adapting new uses for existing structures works just fine.

Asian giant hornets were found for the first time in Washington State and could reemerge in the spring.

In Chapter 10, “Memory," author Matthew Cobb takes readers inside a couple of seminal moments in the scientific search for memory’s mechanics.

A new book explores research through the ages that has tried to map the intricacies of the human brain, including pinpointing the seat of memory.

The abrupt termination comes after the research drew President Trump’s attention for its ties to the Wuhan Institute of Virology.

In Chapter 11, “Surfer’s Ear,” author Peter Rhys-Evans describes a key piece of evidence he says supports his hypothesis of a brief period of semi-aquatic living in early hominins.