Science is reshaping the argument about whether nature or nurture is decisive in determining human destinies, and about what the answer means for social policy. Consider a fascinating new report ...

Christina Agapakis is a rising star among the new generation of biology researchers. Trained in the science of custom-building organisms known as synthetic biology, the UCLA researcher likes to think ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Jeremy Weine/Daily. Buy this photo. If you happened to take a stroll somewhere along the Huron ...

It is shown that information and meaning can be defined by operative procedures, and that we need to recognize them as new types of natural entities. They are not quantities (neither fundamental nor ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Building on its foundations in chemistry, chemical biology is now extending its reach to understand and manipulate increasingly complex biological systems. In the last decade, chemical biology has ...