Everything from metabolic pathways optimized for efficiency to brain blood vessels designed as protective shock absorbers demonstrates multi-level planning.

The Science and Technology Policy Program at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy hosted a “science cafe” Oct. 13 to ...

Foundations in Biological Inquiry takes students beyond step-by-step laboratory exercises to become collaborators in ...

You meet someone for the first time, exchange a few words, and suddenly it feels like you've known them for years.

The FDA has plenty of advice for pharmaceutical companies. It publishes guidance documents, establishes scientific expectations, and expects drug developers to explain themselves when they take a ...

Biological clocks are often associated with light. Historically, most people start their days when the sun is up, and end ...

Currently, these neuron-driven computers are able to play video games like Pong and DOOM, but their creators hope to use them ...

Sleep can feel like disappearing because your memory leaves large parts of the night blank. What your brain is actually doing during those missing hours is very different from death.

A PLOS Biology perspective argues that generative AI has severed the link between writing a scientific paper and doing real ...

Scientists have uncovered a surprising function of a molecule that controls inflammation: It not only recruits immune cells ...

Science actively protects and restores global biodiversity through targeted research, technology, and behavioural strategies. This was further recognised through Target 20 of the GBF which strengthens ...

From bread-making and food processing to nutritional supplementation, yeast plays a diverse role in everyday life, offering ...