A classic question in biology is whether evolution is entirely random or, can it follow predictable patterns. This question was popularized by the famous paleontologist and science communicator ...

Viruses, cells and cancer challenge one of biology’s simplest questions: what exactly makes something alive? Examining these systems reveals why the boundary between living and nonliving may be ...

A molecular biologist at the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences may have found a new "rule of biology." A rule of biology, sometimes called a biological law, describes a recognized ...

In October, a paper titled “Assembly theory explains and quantifies selection and evolution” appeared in the top science journal Nature. The authors – a team led by Lee Cronin at the University of ...