RIKEN researchers have discovered how right-handed molecules in our cells can give rise to cells that are not symmetrical ...

Life may have emerged from a surprisingly simple network of chemical reactions long before cells or genes existed.

A rare fossil plant reveals how early plants moved water and food, helping to explain the secrets of tree growth.

From navigation to social behavior to personality, scientists are rewriting what it means to be a clever snake. Here’s what ...

Studying one of the simplest animals, Stanford's Prakash Lab uncovered how it folds itself into complex shapes—revealing new ...

Scientists at Duke-NUS Medical School have developed two powerful computational tools that could transform how researchers ...

The oldest sediment DNA discovered so far comes from Greenland and is 2 million years old.

New observations of a nearby red giant star suggest that a long-standing explanation for how giant stars spread life’s essential elements through the galaxy may be incomplete. Starlight pushing on gra ...

At Ford Field on Thursday, Amon-Ra St. Brown and the Detroit Lions (7-5) face Javonte Williams and the Dallas Cowboys (6-5-1) in a matchup featuring two of the brightest stars in the NFL, beginning at ...

And now more cities are implementing curbside composting to help them meet their sustainability goals. New York is currently rolling out a mandatory composting program that will soon be effect in ...

Half advice show. Half survival guide. Half absurdity-fest. (Wait, how does this work again? We're not numbers people.) Each episode, we answer all your burning questions, from how to survive a public ...

BioRender helps scientists draw biological diagrams more easily and communicate more efficiently. It’s used by half a million ...