A stretch of viral DNA in the mouse genome gives cells in early-stage embryos the potential to become almost any cell type in ...

Scientists have identified a microbe capable of interpreting a single piece of genetic code in two completely different ways.

The platypus is one of evolution's lovable, oddball animals. The creature seems to defy well-understood rules of biology by ...

After combing through NASA's James Webb Space Telescope's archive of sweeping extragalactic cosmic fields, a small team of ...

Astronomers spotted nine galaxies with characteristics that have never been seen as a collection before. It's possible this ...

A recent study reveals that bacteria residing within colorectal tumors form distinct ecosystems closely linked to disease ...

Using data from the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have identified a population of “platypus galaxies” that defy ...

What if a single Renaissance drawing could reveal not just who made it, but the biological traces of Leonardo da Vinci ...

The millions of species humans share the world with are valuable in their own right. When one species is lost, it has a ripple effect throughout the ecosystems it existed within.

Aurora Therapeutics, cofounded by Nobel Prize–winning scientist Jennifer Doudna, plans to use gene editing and a new FDA ...

Astronomers sweeping through the archive of NASA's James Webb Telescope found a group of galaxies with an unknown combination ...