Biological sciences
Summer/21
How a UChicago biochemist gained fame—and lost credibility—when he developed a midlife obsession with legendary creatures.
Fall/19
Why does biodiversity wax near the equator and wane approaching Earth’s poles?
Summer/18
In three weeks, there are just over 500 hours. The students in the Marine Biological Laboratory’s September intensive courses tried to use them all.
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08.06.2015
UChicago neuroscientists are working on technology to help paraplegics move robotic arms using their minds.
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07.02.2015
First detailed analysis of the woolly mammoth’s DNA reveals how it adapted to Arctic life.
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05.22.2015
Few processes are as fundamental to life as that of one cell dividing into two.
May–June/15
The discovery of two species suggests greater variety of the earliest mammaliaforms.