When did people first evolve into the modern humans that we are today? What instigated the changes that differentiated humans from chimpanzees and other primates? The average person may not consider these questions, but Jessica Thompson is figuring out life’s mysteries one animal fossil at a time.

Five Yale Assistant Professors received Air Force Research Laboratory Young Investigator awards.

Inside the greenhouse in the Marsh Botanical Garden, the nepenthes plant reached out, its towering stature allowing it to soak up the rays of sunlight from above. As she walked through the rows of plants, Professor Erika Edwards paused to inspect it, its pitchers poised to catch poor unsuspecting flies and insects as victims for its next meal.

A first-of-its-kind study examines the social networks of women from low-income households, including Syrian refugees, in Amman, Jordan.

Inherent within all humans lies the ability to treat many of the most common diseases. Hidden compounds – or natural products – wait to be discovered, decoded, and restored for this purpose. Chemists like Jason Crawford, associate professor of chemistry and associate professor of microbial pathogenesis, have been studying these natural products for years. Known as specialized metabolites, these small molecules are derived from our metabolism and are widely used as drugs or drug leads to treat a variety of diseases. Evolutionarily crafted into perfect structures over millions of years, they regulate a wide range of biological phenomena. The problem is most of these molecules are not available to us because they remain unknown.

In his new book, Mark Oppenheimer captures the tragic events of the deadly mass shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue in 2018 and the healing afterwards.

A new study, led by Yale chemists, offers an “extreme” close-up picture of Photosystem II, the enzyme in photosynthesis that uses water as a solar fuel.

Yale computer science, statistics and data science, and mathematics professor Daniel Spielman helped solve a problem that had vexed mathematicians for decades.

New Yale research on the saltiness of Earth’s ancient oceans may spice up our understanding of how life, atmosphere, and climate evolved on the planet.

Up close with an ancient bell krater, Directed Studies students get a new perspective on the Oresteia.