When he launched a career in biotechnology years later, his childhood fascinations turned him toward the field of synthetic ...

For the first time, scientists have directly measured “ultraweak” photon emissions from living organisms. In rats this glow fades rapidly after death. In plants it brightens under stress. In the ...

Beneath the Arctic’s frozen surface, tiny algae are defying the rules of biology. Their survival strategy not only redefines ...

But how realistic are the new aliens? That's a question that we – a trio of scientists who are also great fans of the ...

Glyphosate just sounds like nasty stuff. It’s the main active ingredient in the common weedkiller Roundup, and the ...

Pterosaurs and Archaeopteryx took to the skies, but there was trouble in this Jurassic paradise: Tropical storms would turn ...

Earth was not always the blue-green world we know today: early Earth's oxygen levels were about a million times lower than we ...

Though mirror biology might lead to improved drugs and other innovations, scientists have warned against potentially ...

The research is opening new frontiers in pest control and evolutionary biology. An international group of scientists has uncovered a strange tubular structure within Profftella, a bacterium that lives ...

Scientists have uncovered an unexpected witness to Earth’s distant past: tiny iron oxide stones called ooids. These mineral snowballs lock away traces of ancient carbon, revealing that oceans between ...

Debunked explores Earth’s biggest living things, revealing a single fungus spans 2,200 acres and outweighs the largest whales.

The Life Right Here and Everywhere Project aims to equip youth with essential data science skills, fostering confidence and ...