Several new articles explore the biology of fun (and the fun of biology). Scientists present what we know about playfulness in dogs, dolphins, frogs, and octopuses. They also provide insights on ...

The other day, you were outside playing and you hit your head. Ouch! It hurt so much that you started to cry, both eyes watering. Your ears rang and you cried so hard, you started to hiccup. But you ...

Biology class just got a lot more engaging for students at Arizona State University Polytechnic, where students are using virtual reality to explore it through immersive lessons that apply real-world ...

The university has ditched traditional intro bio labs—the kinds where students learn to use a pipette or dissect an animal—in favor of a virtual reality experience set in a VR wildlife sanctuary for ...

A new strain of red-eyed mutant wasps has been brought into the world by a team of scientists. The wasps were created to prove that CRISPR gene-slicing technology can be used successfully on the tiny ...

In the future, we may be able to grow cheap-enough meat in factories rather than slaughter animals, and or edit genes so there’s no HIV or cancer, but it’s dangerous to get ahead of ourselves. You ...

This is the second year that the Biology department has channeled their inner ghouls by decorating their doors in the spirit of Halloween. Faculty with research labs had their students decorate the ...

When James Morris started teaching biology at Harvard in 2000, he was dismayed by the textbooks that were available. Though there were exceptions, they tended to be dull, full of facts students were ...