From bodily fluids to skeletal remains, advances in DNA analysis and the study of insects and microbes aid forensic ...

For a long time, scientists felt confident in their understanding of the timeline of human evolution. But a recent discovery ...

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A team of researchers studied the properties of membranes to understand how these cellular structures influenced the chemistry of life on Earth as it began.

In early May, just as the US government was about to implement a long-debated policy regulating gain-of-function research ...

To better understand the circadian clock in modern-day cyanobacteria, a research team has studied ancient timekeeping systems. They examined the oscillation of the clock proteins KaiA, KaiB, and KaiC ...

If you are sneezing this spring, you are not alone. Every year, plants release billions of pollen grains into the air, specks ...

To better understand the circadian clock in modern-day cyanobacteria, a Japanese research team has studied ancient ...

No fewer than 35 species of ants depend to some extent on slave labor for their existence. The techniques by which they raid ...

Mounting evidence from genome studies indicates that, contrary to received wisdom, our species has undergone profound ...