You may think the Tree of Life was settled a long time ago, but scientists continue to refine, and sometimes radically alter, our understanding of how species are...
Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, MA ’83—profiled in our March|April issue—has appeared on dozens of TV shows, from The Colbert Report to Battlestar...
While most people cringe at the thought of giving themselves a shot, the ability to self-administer drugs has become a top priority in the science world—which...
When you have a science question, what do you do?
If you’re like us, you Google it or search in a book. After all, you can’t just walk up to a scientific...
It’s something straight out of a science-fiction movie: two monster black holes, weighing as much as 10 billion suns, that threaten to swallow everything within...
Ah, the aging process. It’s a trade-off. A 65-year-old may have less energy than a 25-year-old, but there’s a consolation. Older adults, UT psychologists...
When molecular genetics and microbiology professor Scott Stevens arrived at UT in 2002, he realized right away he had a problem.
The problem arrived in the form...
Could microscopic worms be the key to identifying which genes cause problems in people with Down syndrome? For UT researcher Jon Pierce-Shimomura, whose son has...
More than 80 percent of UT undergraduates participate in academic research. But few do it as Collin Thomas did. Thomas, now a biology professor at Collin College,...
