A newly revealed molecular tug-of-war may have implications for better understanding how a multitude of diseases and ...

Imagine if our bodies could grow new organs throughout our entire lives. Plants do this constantly, thanks to tiny, powerful ...

The tiny pantheon known as the Asgard archaea bear traits that hint at how plants, animals and fungi emerged on Earth.

One key component might be RNA, a molecular cousin of DNA found in every form of life on Earth, and now scientists say they ...

Mornings are a battlefield for so many. Some people are able to wake up and immediately silence their alarm before jumping out of bed and getting a start to their day, while others hit snooze over and ...

Four billion years ago, Earth was violent, hot, and unstable. Yet new research suggests that by then, life had already reached a surprising level of complexity. At that time lived the last universal ...

In the Middle Ages, prophecies of a coming global collapse proliferated across Europe. Conditions were ripe for a powerful strain of apocalypticism to take hold: Population growth, the rise of ...

Discover how common-pool resources, like forests and fisheries, are shared goods prone to overuse. Learn their economic impact and strategies to manage the 'tragedy of the commons.' ...

When killer T cells of our immune system divide, they normally undergo asymmetric cell division (ACD): Each daughter cell ...

This protective layer allows signals to pass between cells incredibly quickly. But what happens when this layer goes missing ...

Researchers discovered that a long-misunderstood protein plays a key role in helping chromosomes latch onto the right “tracks ...