Biology

Camping helps reset your internal timekeeper.
Joel Shurkin, Contributor
"The Sports Gene," by David Epstein, provides a terrific review of the science of elite athletic performance.
Chris Gorski, Editor
Tiny device can detect if a cell is alive.
Ranjini Raghunath, Contributor
False memories can be implanted in mice and presumably humans.
Joel Shurkin, Contributor
Researchers discover how fungi grow so quickly.
Sara Rennekamp, Contributing Editor
An ancient disease finally tips its hand.
Benjamin Plackett, Contributor
Newly discovered Pandoraviruses unearth new questions about viruses' origin.
Ker Than, Contributor
Two studies suggest that calorie counts may be misleading.
Joel Shurkin, Contributor
Ultramicroscopic technique may speed up diagnosis.
Peter Gwynne, Contributor
Fruit flies can develop protection in weeks.
Joel Shurkin, Contributor
Is cancer is more of a primitive response to a body malfunction than an attack of genetic mutants?
Ben P. Stein, Contributor
Method could also reveal growth rates of certain animals.
Ker Than, Contributor