Think back to that basic biology class you took in high school. You probably learned about organelles, those little “organs” inside cells that form compartments with individual functions. For example, ...

Electricity has always been central to how life works, from the firing of neurons to the beating of the heart, but new ...

While our cells are performing some important, basic functions, they can generate compounds known as reactive oxygen species ...

Biologists have long treated cell membranes as passive barriers, thin skins that separate the chemistry of life from the ...

Biology has always been an unruly science. Cells divide when they want to. Genes switch on and off like temperamental lights.

Why does cancer sometimes recur after chemotherapy? Why do some bacteria survive antibiotic treatment? In many cases, the answer appears to lie not in genetic differences, but in biological noise — ...