📣🌟The June issue of Biological Theory, a thematic collection on “Continually Discovering Complexity: Essays in Honor of William Bechtel”, is out now! link.springer.com/journal/1375... Read the editors’ summary, with free reading links for all the articles here: www.kli.ac.at/en/the_kli/n...

➡️ New article out! ⬅️ Integrative Neurobiology and Cultural Context Theory: The Role of Cultural Neurobiological Inheritance Systems by Daniel O. Larson, Isabella Sarto-Jackson & Barbara Fischer Open access: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

➡️ New article out! ⬅️ Formalization Does Not Entail Neutrality: Evolutionary Game Theory and the Sociobiology Controversy by Zvi Hasnes-Beninson (@zvihb.bsky.social) Open access: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

➡️ New article out! ⬅️ Agency as the Defining Activity of Life: A Viability-Oriented Framework Integrating Process and Scale by Roger D. Spencer Free reading link: rdcu.be/fkZe3

➡️ New article out! ⬅️ The Common Status of Biological Objects by Marc-Antoine Leveau Free reading link: rdcu.be/fkY86

➡️ New article out! ⬅️ The Evolution of Functional Endogenous Retroviruses by Ruben N. Jorritsma Open access: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

➡️ New article out! ⬅️ The Pragmatic Approach to Explanation Revamped and Remotivated by Arnon Levy Open access: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

➡️ New article out! ⬅️ Tumorigenesis as a Trauma Response: The Fragmentation of Morphogenetic Memory Drives Neoplastic Dissociation by Jordan Strasser Open access: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

➡️ New article out! ⬅️ Continually Discovering Complexity: Introduction to the Special Issue by William Bechtel & Daniel C. Burnston Open access: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

➡️ New article out! ⬅️ Multiple Realizability: Still Something After All These Years by Jennifer Mundale Free reading link: rdcu.be/fezBU

➡️ New article out! ⬅️ Norms, Cooperation, and Uncertainty by Kim Sterelny & Carl Brusse Open access: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

➡️ New article out! ⬅️ There Is No Measurement Error in Biology by Philipp Mitteroecker Open access: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

📣🌟The March issue of Biological Theory is out! link.springer.com/journal/1375... Read the editors’ summary of the latest issue, with free reading links for all the articles here: www.kli.ac.at/en/the_kli/n...

➡️ New article out! ⬅️ Biological Complexity and Cognitive Evolution by Peter Jedlicka, Jaroslav Varchola & Jakub Betinsky Open access: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

➡️ New article out! ⬅️ From the Elephant to Butyric Acid Bacterium—It Is [Not] All the Same! How the Genetic Code Is Not Universal by Janella Baxter Free reading link: rdcu.be/e9HXR

➡️ New article out! ⬅️ The Force of Experience: A Biophysical Hypothesis of a Confined Interaction in Living Neural Systems by Fredric Schiffer Open access: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

➡️ New Classics in Biological Theory article out! ⬅️ Revisiting Rosenblueth, Wiener, and Bigelow’s “Behavior, Purpose and Teleology” (1943) by Auguste Nahas (@augustenahas.bsky.social) Open access, also to Rosenblueth et al. (1943) (supplementary material) on: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

➡️ New two-part article out! ⬅️ Mind Everywhere: A Framework for Conceptualizing Goal-Directedness in Biology and Other Domains (Part One & Part Two) by Michael Levin (@drmichaellevin.bsky.social) & David B. Resnik Free reading links: rdcu.be/e6m67 rdcu.be/e6m7h

➡️ New article out! ⬅️ The Case Against "The Case Against Reality" by Josef Mattes Open access: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Tom Van Dooren and I are organising a symposium on "Advances in theoretical evo-devo" at the next Euro Evo Devo meeting in Glasgow. Invited speakers: @n-martin.bsky.social, Nayely Vélez-Cruz, Thomas Hansen & Günter Wagner. Consider submitting an abstract, now open! www.evodevoconference26.com

➡️ New article out! ⬅️ Making Sense of Monitor Lizard Cognition: Ecological Drivers of Divergent Cognitive Evolution by Matthew Sims Free reading link: rdcu.be/e2GZq

➡️ New article out! ⬅️ Lagom: Maintenance and Regulation of Biological Heterogeneity by Mauno Vihinen Open access: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

I am happy to share this article, entitled "The importance of Biological Theory". It is my inaugural editorial as the new Editor-in-Chief of @biologicaltheory.bsky.social . In these complex and challenging times, theory is more important now than ever. Enjoy! doi.org/10.1007/s137...

📣 Now presenting: Our new cover for 2026! Vol. 21 features "Supremus No. 55" (1916, 80 x 80 cm, oil on canvas) by Kazimir Malevich. Coming up in the March issue! See our website for more information: link.springer.com/journal/1375...

➡️ New article out! ⬅️ Autogenesis: An Alternative Path to Molecular Information by Terrence W. Deacon, Miguel Garcia-Valdecasas & Pau Monzón-Marqués Open access: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

➡️ New article out! ⬅️ Behavioral Modernity, Neanderthals and Homo sapiens: a Case for Concept Retirement by Anton Killin Open access: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

➡️New article out!⬅️ The Driving Force of Natural Selection: Maximizing Entropy Production Rates (with an Anonymous Commentary, a Commentary by Rod Swenson, and a Reply by the Author) by Linbo Wang Free reading link: rdcu.be/eYaxV

➡️New article out!⬅️ Did Homo Erectus Have a (Vocal) Language? by Lan Yao & Dong Yao Free reading link: rdcu.be/eXZwK

We don't want to end the year without a big thank you to our reviewers. We couldn't do it without your support! Find our vol. 20 stars here: rdcu.be/eUOH7

➡️New article out⬅️ The Fate of Behavioral Modernity by Andra Meneganzin @andrameneganzin.bsky.social Free reading link: rdcu.be/eUOUH

With the end of this year, Stuart Newman will step down from his role as Editor-in-Chief. We sincerely thank Stuart for his outstanding 10 years of service and dedication to Biological Theory! Read Stuart's Farewell Editorial: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

➡️New issue out!⬅️ Our special issue on "The Concept of Lineage in Biology" guest edited by Javier Suárez and Matthew Haber is now out. See everything in the December issue here: link.springer.com/journal/1375...

➡️ New article out ⬅️ Creativity and Practical Underdetermination: How Experimental Science Steps into the Epistemic Adjacent Possible by Andrew Bollhagen Open access: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

From Jan 1 2026, I take over as Editor-in-Chief of Biological Theory. I would like to thank my predecessor, Stuart Newman, who has done a terrific job for 10 years. That is truly extraordinary service to the community, and the journal is in a great place thanks to his efforts. Kevin Lala

Biological Theory is now on Bluesky! We have a new team of editors and a new editorial board. We will soon be posting about all our articles. Find out more about the journal at link.springer.com/journal/13752