“Are your bacteria jet-lagged?”

“People whose circadian rhythms are regularly disrupted — by frequent jet lag or shift work, for example — are more vulnerable to diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular disease, and cancer. There are various theories to explain these associations, and researchers now have a new…

“Applying evolutionary biology to address global challenges”

“We examine management approaches that attempt to either improve or undermine adaptation to modern environments by manipulating the relationships between the traits of organisms and the patterns of selection imposed by their environments. These manipulations…

“Battle between NSF and House science committee escalates: How did it get this bad?”

“The Republican aides were looking for anything that Representative Lamar Smith (R–TX), their boss as chair of the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, could use to support his ongoing campaign to demonstrate how the $7 billion…

“Risking Your Life without a Second Thought: Intuitive Decision-Making and Extreme Altruism”

“our results align with theoretical predictions of the Social Heuristics Hypothesis [62], which suggests that extreme altruism may be a result of internalizing (and…