The findings further hint that space rocks may have brought the building blocks of RNA and DNA to Earth long ago ...

Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). A tiny stash of asteroid dust may help answer one of science’s oldest questions: how much of life’s chemistry began in space? In a groundbreaking study ...

On the flipside, if telomeres are too long, it can also spell trouble because cancer cells require long telomeres to become longer lived, ‘immortal,’” says Mia Levine, associate professor of biology ...

A frog species known since 1838 may actually be several different species, according to a new genetic study of Southeast Asia’s “fanged frogs.” ...

The scientists at the Birbal Sahni Institute of Paleosciences are working toward finding Tajikistan ancestry through skeletons found in Vadnagar; explaining the Tibetan, South Asian and Central Asian ...

A new computational tool infers changes occurring at the ends of the chromosomes housing our DNA. It does so by detecting ...

Maize serves as a vital model species for advancing our understanding of plant biology, yet many mysteries remain about the ...

The Iñupiat people of Alaska have long said that bowhead whales live two human lifetimes. That oral knowledge turned out to be conservative.

Biological matter left behind in the water allows us to follow these animals without ever setting eyes on them.

Imagine a tiny superhero inside every cell of your body whose job is to stop damaged cells before they turn dangerous. That superhero is a gene called TP53, and for decades scientists have known it as ...

Bdelloid rotifers shrug off radiation doses that would obliterate human cells. Here’s how their resilience reveals deep ...

They live in our houses, drink our water and even sleep in our beds. Cats have become an integral part of many households and ...