For the first time, scientists have been able to watch the flu virus live as it infects human airway cells. They developed a ...

A giant virus encodes part of the protein-making toolkit of cells that gives it greater control over its amoeba host, raising questions about how it evolved and how such beings relate to living organi ...

Survival of the fittest. Nature red in tooth and claw. The common view of natural selection is based solely on the individual: A trait allows an organism to out-compete its rivals and is thus passed ...

Scientists and medical experts are countering climate denialism, vaccine scepticism and wellness pseudoscience on social ...