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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...