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This Man’s Immune System Got a Cancer-killing Update

William Ludwig was almost dead when he became Patient Number One in a radical new cancer treatment, one that’s just won the endorsement of F.D.A. advisors.

July 15, 2017

Cell Atlases Reveal Biology’s Frontiers

New techniques expose unexpected diversity within seemingly uniform tissues.

July 13, 2017

Marjorie Rice’s Secret Pentagons

A California housewife who in the 1970s discovered four new types of tessellating pentagons is dead at 94.

July 12, 2017

Ingenious: Jack Gilbert

The professor of surgery explains how health emerges from a healthy microbiome.

July 10, 2017

How We Really Tamed the Dog

A daring experiment builds a new tame species in just 60 years.

How to Weed Creationism Out of Schools

The problem with high school biology teachers.

July 9, 2017