In 1982, she led the research team that figured out how to genetically alter plants, a discovery that would eventually ...

Researchers reviewed NHS Scotland medical records to assess neonatal outcomes in births with and without epidural analgesia.

Seven early career faculty members at UC Davis are being recognized with awards from the university and the UC Office of the ...

Researchers have discovered that a group of viruses known to infect an agriculturally important plant pathogen has remained ...

Artistic representations of ancient humans often show large men with bulging muscles – but our ancestors were actually ...

W hen I was first learning to write, my letters and words ran from right to left, reversed as if in a mirror. Being ...

Adam Rutherford salutes a show that finally links the spectacle of natural history with the science that explains it ...

As this year’s invertebrate of the year competition launches, we join scientists studying last year’s winner ...

Matthew Herper covers medical innovation — both its promise and its perils. Researchers have created what they say may count as the first synthetic cell, and have started a public benefit corporation ...

Scientists say they have built a cell from scratch for the first time that can feed, grow and replicate like a natural cell. This breakthrough in synthetic biology could usher in an era of ...

For the very first time, biologists packed nonliving components into a cell-like membrane, piece by piece, and witnessed the bag of molecules start to behave like life. The lab-made synthetic cell ...

Zerodha co-founder Nikhil Kamath reveals five influential books shaping his worldview, spanning personal finance, psychology, and evolutionary biology. His recommendations, including "The Psychology ...