biology

For more than 70 years, scientists have believed they've unraveled the mystery of life through genes. But is this really true?

Commentary A new survey suggests that people such as the hundreds of thousands to millions of Canadians who recently ...

A South Carolina woman who sought validation from men and alcohol to escape the pain of an abusive ...

When American molecular biologist Ardem Patapoutian was awarded the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, which he ...

STOCKHOLM—Scientists Carolyn Bertozzi, Morten Meldal, and Barry Sharpless won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Chemistry on Wednesday for ...

Commentary Lia Thomas was recently nominated as the NCAA “Woman of the Year.” Just one problem: Thomas is ...

During a training session recently held by the National Science Teaching Association (NSTA), teachers were told how to ...

A new dung beetle has been introduced into Australia as part of the Dung Beetle Ecosystem Engineer (DBEE) ...

What could help Tour de France riders sleep soundly, heal road rash and tendinitis, and feel vitality and ...

SAN DIEGO—The size of a honey bee colony will impact how the colony makes potentially risky life-or-death decisions in ...

LOS ANGELES (CNS)—A dramatic change in the purpose of sleep occurs when children are about 2 1/2 years ...

Aaron Fairweather has 27 colonies of ants to keep happy in the living room by getting the temperature, ...

A National Park Service is asking people for help to identify a strange spiny object that washed up ...

From the archives: This story was last updated in May 2019. Think back to grade school biology class ...

The newly discovered fossil is 3.77 billion years old.

Many animals, particularly migrating animals such as birds, have a magnetic sixth sense that allows them to trace their ...

Mr. Hu, looking for a woman who will bear him a son, was criticized for his misunderstanding of ...

Imagine you are in battle, probably scared out of your wits, and then enemy troops start flinging snakes ...

Biologist Dr. Rupert Sheldrake and famed psychiatrist Carl Jung have taken different—but complementary—approaches to synchronicity.

Dr. Robert Lanza, one of Time magazine's 100 most influential people, believes science must recognize the importance of ...

In a state-of-the-art lab at the University of Virginia's Division of Perceptual Studies (DOPS), psychokinesis isn't a sensationalized ...

Biochemist John Norman Hansen, Ph.D., at the University of Maryland has found evidence of what he believes is ...

On Wednesday, reports emerged that Chinese researchers had conducted germline editing—the modification of non-somatic sex cells and embryos—for ...

[Transcript] "Birds are the modern day ancestors of dinosaurs, but unlike their predecessors, birds no longer have teeth. ...

Bioengineers at the University of California, San Diego have discovered that mouse embryos are contemplating their cellular fates ...

Plants and fungus have a very symbiotic relationship. Along with providing nutrients, plants are able to communicate to ...