Research Articles
Tiny Worms, Big Discoveries: The Insect-Assassin in Your Biology Lab
Explore how insecticidal nematodes are revolutionizing high school biology education through inquiry-based laboratory experiments that teach experimental design and scientific thinking.
Evolution's New Horizons: Beyond Chance and Necessity
Exploring the emerging paradigm in evolutionary biology where natural selection is being augmented by faster, more directed forces.
How World War II Forged the Future of Biology
Explore how WWII accelerated biological research, leading to breakthroughs in medicine and genetics while exposing the perils of biological warfare.
Conrad Waddington's Vision: Charting the Epigenetic Landscape of Life
How visionary biologist Conrad Waddington's metaphors from the 1950s continue to shape modern science, epigenetics, and developmental biology.
How Research on Microbiomes is Changing Biology: A Discussion on the Concept of the Organism
Exploring how microbiome research is fundamentally changing our understanding of biology and challenging long-held concepts of the organism.
Adolf Meyer-Abich and the Whole Story of Life | Holistic Biology
Explore the life and work of Adolf Meyer-Abich, the philosopher who championed holistic perspectives in biology and introduced the holobiont concept decades before its time.
The Unlikely Partner: How Philosophy is Revolutionizing Biology
Explore how philosophy is transforming biology by examining core concepts like evolution, life definitions, and purpose through scientific experiments.
Proximate vs. Ultimate: The Evolutionary Puzzle Evo-Devo Is Solving
Explore how evolutionary developmental biology (evo-devo) is transforming our understanding of proximate and ultimate causation in biology.
Biology of Stem Cells: The Masters of Regeneration
Explore the fascinating world of stem cells - their types, unique abilities, and groundbreaking experiments shaping the future of medicine.
The Inner Universe: How a Medical Scanner is Revolutionizing Biology
Explore how X-ray microtomography is transforming biological research by revealing internal structures in stunning 3D detail without physical dissection.