Martin Nowak removes his shoes, props his white-socked feet on a chair, and explains why he is right and everyone else is wrong. He’s in the corner office of the program he directs, which occupies the ...

In an article to be published in the January issue of BioScience, two philosophers tackle one of the most divisive arguments in modern biology: the value of the theory of "kin selection." Kin ...

Bacteria produce a range of molecules that are secreted from the cell and can provide a benefit to the local population of cells. Laboratory experiments have suggested that these “public goods” ...

The team studied the system of production of siderophores—small molecules that scavenge iron from the environment—in the pathogenic bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Generating these molecules is ...