A growing number of new studies have found that, at least for some cells, death isn’t the end, but the beginning of something ...

Studying the process of brain formation illuminates just how much of development is a series of tiny miracles. Only a few ...

All eukaryotic cells, including our own, trace their evolutionary origins to a free-living ancestor. That legacy echoes in our every cell, yoking our fates to the vast unicellular realm, where ...

When a cell sees that ribosomes are behaving strangely — such as colliding with one another, which they don’t usually do — the cell slows its metabolism down to decide between a repair attempt and a ...

Robert F. Kennedy, the secretary of Health and Human Services, still believes that cell phones are causing brain cancer, as revealed in a congressional hearing in January. But numerous studies ...

For all students: Cell phone use is prohibited during the school day, from the first bell to the last. Phones must be powered off or in airplane mode and stored out of sight (e.g., backpack, locker).