They looked like traces left behind by tiny creatures, but were most likely microbes.

We've been looking at nature the wrong way, argues Rowan Hooper. If we stop focusing on the individual, we get a whole new ...

The Canadian entrepreneur has always pushed the boundaries of gene editing, once attempting to turn horses into unicorns. Now she is set on modifying human embryos – something her controversial ex-hus ...

In the past decade, chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy, which leverages a patient’s engineered immune cells to ...

We should all strive to be curious, open-minded, and seek to get as close to the objective truth as possible. However, this ...

A patient finishes a round of radiation therapy and the cancer shrinks, but the treatment leaves behind collateral damage: a ...

Hearing real stories from strangers online sometimes instantly pulls you in, especially when the topic is something most ...

But ironically, Jane Clement writes Australian industry is discovering the economic value of green energy. (click here for an overview) It's easy to sell the popular green messages of recycling, waste ...

Sam’s Point Area of Minnewaska State Park Preserve in Cragsmoor, New York is one of those places that makes you wonder why ...

If worrying were an Olympic sport, most of us would be medal contenders. Anderson Island in Washington offers a simple ...

Almost all animal species—including humans—have blood cells, but between different species our blood tells different stories. The lineage and components of blood cells vary widely, and this variety is ...

Pigeons are a well-known group of frequent flyers that can traverse hundreds of miles (hundreds of kilometers) in a single day. For thousands of years, humans have used them to ca ...