Current Biology celebrates its 25th birthday with a special issue on Jan. 5, 2015, on the biology of fun (and the fun of biology). In a collection of essays and review articles, the journal ...

At the same time, synthetic biology and associated technologies continue to raise fears, with scenarios that include easy-to-make arsenals of biological weapons and societies breeding a master race.

"Totally Human" takes a good look at the icky, interesting things our bodies do, the quirks we possess (and share with other mammals), the fascinating reasons scientists think we are the way we ...

Often, terms such as photosynthesis, electron, photon and the Calvin cycle conjure thoughts of napping through Biology 101. Professor Susan Fisher plans to change all that with the help of the ...

Fun with synthetic biology An enyzme here, an enzyme there, pretty soon you're talking serious ecological mayhem.

Biologist James Morris: How to make your intro to biology class fun The author of a major college textbook and an award-winning teacher, Morris explains how he keeps undergraduates motivated and ...

Another Life: Fun for everyone with synthetic biology Syn-bio provides cheap, standardised, off-the-shelf ‘bricks’ of DNA that build new forms of organism. But many fear it could get out of ...

CONWAY — Things are getting hairy in the University of Central Arkansas Biology Department.

This is the second year that the Biology department has channeled their inner ghouls by decorating their doors in the spirit of Halloween. Faculty with research labs had their students decorate the ...