A researcher's keen eye and spirit of curiosity led to the discovery of a new method for cell engineering—a finding that ...

In the oceans and on land, scientists are discovering rare, transitional organisms that bridge the gap between Earth’s simplest cells and today’s complex ones.

Plants don't just respond to light and water, they also run on an internal daily timekeeper known as the circadian clock. Researchers have now discovered that the plant circadian clock can regulate ...

Amid the legal theater in the U.S. over sex and gender identity—triggered by a Trump administration decree that “‘sex’ shall refer to an individual’s immutable biological classification as either male ...

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DePaul University says it has fired a part-time biology professor after she gave an optional assignment to students last month asking them to write about the impact of "genocide in Gaza on human ...

Time may not be a fundamental element of our physical reality. New calculations add credence to the idea that it emerges from quantum entanglement, in which two objects are so inextricably linked that ...

Scientist Sundarshan Pinglay shows off a liquid handling instrument that automatically dispenses reagents, at the Seattle Hub for Synthetic Biology. (GeekWire Photo / Charlotte Schubert) Researchers ...

Researchers are investigating how our biology changes as we grow older — and whether there are ways to stop it. By Dana G. Smith According to some estimates, consumers spend $62 billion a year on ...

This Sunday, the majority of Americans will "spring forward" and set their clocks ahead an hour, losing an hour of sleep as the annual tradition of daylight saving time begins for the year. Daylight ...