Biology, the study of life, offers a degree that’s as versatile as it is impactful. From understanding the complexities of human health to exploring ecosystems and advancing biotechnology, biology ...

Last month, over 350 academics, clinicians, and activists signed an open letter titled “Biology is not binary.” Addressed to Bridget Phillipson, the United Kingdom’s Minister for Women and Equalities, ...

We’ve all heard it before: “You are the way you are because of your genes.” And yes, biology does shape us. But it’s not the entire story and definitely not the final one. Our genes don’t hand us a ...

Right now, the debate about consciousness often feels frozen between two entrenched positions. On one side sits computational functionalism, which treats cognition as something you can fully explain ...

In the scientific study of human biology, there is no political ideology. Biologists research embryonic development, hormones and sexual maturation to provide scientific evidence that can inform ...

We all have about 20,000 genes in our genomes. While this diversity is what makes the human experience so rich, our genetic differences can make things more difficult when it comes to medicine and the ...

Biology is an area of science where AI and machine-learning approaches have seen some spectacular successes, such as designing enzymes to digest plastics and proteins to block snake venom. But in an ...

Several round plastic containers rest on a surface, and each contains a small, striped frog. Juvenile Australian southern corroboree frogs at the University of Melbourne laboratories Credit: Tiffany ...

Humans are fundamentally "musical animals"—and our capacity for music is rooted in biology, not just culture. This is the conclusion of new work by University of Amsterdam professor of Music Cognition ...