Reviews of notable new fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.

Complex systems, be they living beings or fundamental particles, need to have enough structure to hang together along with ...

Get basic information about breast cancer, such as the different types, where they start, important statistics, and current research topics. Breast cancer is a type of cancer that starts in the breast ...

Plant Biology majors spend time in the lab and in the field, preparing for a variety of careers. They travel around the United States, and even send experiments to the International Space Station, as ...

Mitochondria are the parts of cells that create energy for the body. Mitochondrial dysfunction can lead to diseases like Leigh syndrome and mitochondrial myopathy. Mitochondrial health can be ...

Having grown out of Riga Medical Institute, Riga Stradiņš University (RSU) offers medicine and healthcare studies and social science studies steeped in historic traditions, while also incorporating ...

Drinking water has numerous benefits. Water is crucial for many bodily functions, such as lubricating the joints, delivering oxygen throughout the body, preventing kidney damage, and more. Around 60 ...

Thomas Gingeras did not intend to upend basic ideas about how the human body works. In 2012 the geneticist, now at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in New York State, was one of a few hundred colleagues ...

Two new books bring attention to old discoveries with the potential to cure stubborn ailments and reveal the secrets of biology. By Alex Johnson THE GOOD VIRUS: The Amazing Story and Forgotten Promise ...

The cell nucleus is the site of many important biological functions of the eukaryotic cell. These processes include transcription, replication, splicing and ribosome biogenesis. The effect of these ...

Albert Einstein said that the “most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is comprehensible.” He was right to be astonished. Human brains evolved to be adaptable, but our underlying ...