The gap cannot be explained by boys being inherently better at math than girls. Numerous studies show that males and females perform similarly in math

One goal is to find phages that will clear antibiotic resistant tuberculosis infections and infections that plague people who get a lung transplant.

This experimental treatment is potentially life-changing for KJ. But it also serves to pave the way for using CRISPR-based gene editing for other diseases.

Dire wolves roamed the Americas during the last ice age but went extinct more than 10,000 years ago

Sure, being vaccinated benefits us. It greatly reduces the chances that we experience severe illnesses. But, being vaccinated also benefits our neighbors.

The cuts to science risk the health and safety of Americans and people around the world—especially the marginalized and underrepresented.

Biological truth is that sex determination is a complicated developmental process, controlled by many genes

Take a look at some of the important, exciting, and/or weird advances in biology over the last year.