Browsing: Lens_biology

Of all of the wondrous feats accomplished by Willy Wonka in his candy factory, the most impressive may have been wedging an entire meal into just one unassuming stick of gum: Upon popping it in your mouth and chewing, you’d first taste tomato soup, then roast beef and baked potato, and finally blueberry pie and […]

The more science knows, the more rich and mysterious the world becomes.

In Ethiopia, evolution is not a threat to people of faith.

Good solutions to biology’s problems are astonishingly plentiful.

When I heard data from an island had proven humans are still evolving, I had to visit.

On June 18, a photo of a very handsome man was posted on the Web. It wasn’t intended to “break the Internet” Kardashian-style, but that’s pretty much what happened, if only on a slightly smaller scale. Within 48 hours, the portrait garnered 62,000 “Likes” on Facebook and became an online spectacle. Today the Like count […]

How light therapy can treat disorders from depression to Alzheimer’s disease.

The neuroscientist tackles consciousness and the self.