years ago in a cave near Les Eyzies in the Dordogne, France. Credit: SEARCHING: Our Quest for Meaning in the Age of Science Dr. Alan Lightman has been around the block a few times. Over the past five ...

In living organisms today, complex molecules like RNA and DNA are constructed with the help of enzymes. So how did these molecules form before life (and enzymes) existed? Why did some molecules end up ...

How do cells replicate and grow? How do they acquire their specialized functions? When those processes go awry, what abnormalities or diseases result? At UW, we're leading the way in studying these ...