MatPat dives deep into the biological science behind the Time Lords’ most famous power—regeneration. Could a living organism ...

Scientists discovered true teeth growing on the head of the spotted ratfish, a distant shark relative. The toothed structure, called a tenaculum, helps males hold onto females during mating. Genetic ...

This marks the sixth occasion that a UW alum has claimed a Nobel Prize. The last time a graduate of UW won the Nobel Prize ...

Wiemann combines tools from chemistry, biology, and geology to explore ecological and evolutionary questions about life on ...

New research has uncovered shared patterns between ribosomal RNAs and genes linked to brain disorders, including autism, ...

This year, Littleford-Colquhoun joined researchers from Yellowstone National Park and Brown’s Genomic Opportunities Lab on a ...

Eastern grey squirrels are more common in Chicago than muskrats or fox squirrels, which led the team to determine there’s a ...

Over a few million years, the spider Dysdera tilosensis—a species endemic to the Canary Islands—has reduced the size of its ...

Planarian stem cells can be “independent” and turn into any type of cell without needing a nearby niche, a new study indicates.

"The beauty and longevity revolution demands both breakthrough science and the infrastructure to deliver it," according to ...

A person who develops age-related diseases earlier in life, or has other biological changes associated with aging (such as ...