An international team of researchers has developed a new theoretical framework that bridges physics and biology to provide a unified approach for understanding how complexity and evolution emerge in ...

More than four billion years ago, Earth was a very different place. Pools of water froze and thawed in cycles, minerals shaped reactions, and molecules bumped into each other by chance. Out of this ...

Assembly theory bridges the gap between physics and biology in explaining how complex objects are identifiable as products of evolution and how reusability of parts allows novelty and identical ...

“Facts First” is the tagline of a CNN branding campaign which contends that “once facts are established, opinions can be formed.” The problem is that while it sounds logical, this appealing assertion ...

People need to sleep, and sleep deprivation can cause many changes in the brain. But we have a poor understanding of why sleep is so crucial. New research has examined a fruit fly model to assess how ...

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a chronic condition that causes digestive issues, gut pain, and bloating, and women are far more likely to experience IBS than men. Researchers may have now found an ...

MOORHEAD, Minn. - Minnesota State University Moorhead biology professors Ellen Brisch and Andrew Mazz Marry have "vamped up" their classes for more than 10 years with a Halloween lecture that offers ...