On the evening of Jan. 27, 1922, Franz Kafka arrived by horse-drawn sleigh at the mountain resort of Spindlermühle, in present-day Czech Republic, and immediately began working on what would be his ...

1. In the contentious and polarizing world of politics, it isn’t surprising for a memoir to spark both rage and delight. The world of science is supposed to be more reasoned, objective—and staid. So ...

Genetics is rarely as simple as introductory biology classes make it seem. Only some biological traits, such as blood groups or dry ear wax, are linked to a single gene and passed on in the ...

A reader emailed me to ask what I thought would be a good way to better understand some of the more technical posts I put up. First, two course notes which I've found useful as personal references: - ...

Faculty member, Susan Liebman, Ph.D., research professor in UNRMed's Department of Pharmacology, published a new book, “The Dressmaker’s Mirror: Sudden Death, Genetics, and a Jewish Family’s Secret.” ...