Why does cancer sometimes recur after chemotherapy? Why do some bacteria survive antibiotic treatment? In many cases, the answer appears to lie not in genetic differences, but in biological noise — ...

Biology — the science of life, living things and the processes that keep us all running — links up in essential ways with many other sciences, such as chemistry, physics and mathematics, which help us ...

Feeling jittery as the week kicks off isn’t just a mood—it leaves a biochemical footprint. Researchers tracked thousands of older adults and found those who dread Mondays carry elevated cortisol in ...

Biology has always been an unruly science. Cells divide when they want to. Genes switch on and off like temperamental lights.

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Similar to the “law of diminishing returns in economics,” biology inevitably experiences a leveling off of microbial growth at some point, even as available nutrients rise. A new study reformulates an ...