Several new articles explore the biology of fun (and the fun of biology). Scientists present what we know about playfulness in dogs, dolphins, frogs, and octopuses. They also provide insights on ...

A student at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, he and some of his classmates were competing in the world’s premier undergraduate competition in synthetic biology. They came up with a clever, if ...

This is the second year that the Biology department has channeled their inner ghouls by decorating their doors in the spirit of Halloween. Faculty with research labs had their students decorate the ...