A research team has created the first complete transcriptome atlas of soybean embryo development, offering unprecedented insights into how gene ...

A proposed housing development on the Treasure Coast is threatening to displace hundreds of gopher tortoises, and it may be part of a bigger pattern playing out across the state.

Birds have developed a unique evolutionary solution to ensure the survival of males—a powerful microRNA. This tiny gene ...

Scientists have created a more efficient and controlled way to produce lab-grown inner ear hair cells than current methods allow, offering a new tool for hearing loss research.

At some point during the evolution of life on Earth, inorganic matter became organic, nonliving matter became living. How ...

Queens students of all ages flocked to the New York Hall of Science (NYSCI) for a live Earth-to-space conversation with NASA ...

Experts debate whether radical life extension would enhance well-being or erode the value of a limited human lifespan.

A newly released study from Duke University's Pontzer Lab, housed in the Department of Evolutionary Anthropology in Trinity ...

Prof. Hening Lin brings expertise in enzymes to UChicago, bridging scientists, engineers and doctors to translate research to ...

Facial expressions evolved as fast, universal emotional signals, interpreted more reliably than wordless vocalizations. Human ...

As China manages to create a baby mouse using genetic material from two male mice, people wonder if there is a possibility of ...