The being in question is a microbe called Sukunaarchaeum mirabile. Preliminary research says it stretches the definition of ...

Students, parents and teachers are blasting this year’s Biology Regents for not including material kids learned and studied for, instead asking unexpected questions about earth science and ...

It has genes for ribosomes, tRNAs, and mRNAs. These components are the scaffolding of life: the tools by which cells read ...

Indian astronaut Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla is visiting a home away from Earth that has seen continuous human presence ...

Scientists have created an artificial RNA system that can copy itself using simple building blocks and temperature changes.

Scientists reveal cells can transform into new life forms after death, challenging everything we know about biology. This ...

Today, these microbial partners work in the soil across millions of acres of farmland worldwide, helping farmers grow more ...

In mirror biology, scientists aim to create living cells where all the chirality is flipped. Where natural life uses a right-handed peptide to build proteins, mirror life would use the same ...

I have been a biology teacher for over 30 years. As a scientist, I have had conversations regarding the topic of when life begins with people numerous times. Armstrong Williams begins his column ...

In biology and life, organisms have a basic drive to reproduce and every living thing needs energy. This is the topic for today's River Life column.

Indian astronaut Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla is visiting a home away from Earth that has seen continuous human presence ...