A casual conversation between graduate students helped spark a breakthrough in aging research at Mayo Clinic. Researchers discovered that tiny synthetic DNA molecules called aptamers can selectively ...

Scientists discovered that some of Earth’s supposed earliest animal fossils were actually giant ancient microbes.

Called bernwoodite, it’s one of two new minerals Korolev and his adviser at the AMNH, Kate Kiseeva, and their colleagues ...

Astronomers have identified a group of ancient stars that may be the remnants of a dwarf galaxy named Loki that merged with ...

Scientists may have found a powerful new way to hunt for alien life — not by searching for specific molecules, but by looking for hidden patterns in how those molecules are organized. Researchers ...