To the untrained eye, the loops, kinks and folds in the single strand of RNA that makes up the coronavirus...
In a text file, the rows of letters A, T, C and G appearing over and over in a dizzying...
Researchers have imaged a major component in conjugation—the process bacteria use to share DNA with each other. During conjugation, bacteria...
From 50,000 years to 6,000 years ago, many of the world’s largest animals, including such iconic grassland grazers as the...
A team led by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and the Czech Academy of Sciences has uncovered a new...
Scientists have discovered a new route to produce complex antibiotics exploiting gene editing to re-program pathways to future medicines urgently...
Mothers: they bring you into this world, shower you with care, and help you build up a mind map of...
Monarch butterflies are famous for their annual long-distance migration, which takes them over several thousand kilometers from the north of...
Apps and websites like eBird and iNaturalist encourage members of the public to report their observations on everything from songbird...
Since artificial intelligence pioneer Marvin Minsky patented the principle of confocal microscopy in 1957, it has become the workhorse standard...
A cell stores all of its genetic material in its nucleus, in the form of chromosomes, but that’s not all...
Switching from a restricted diet to eating as much as you like could be beneficial for reproduction in later life,...
