An team of scientists found a family of genome sequences known as “transposable elements.” They play a vital role in gene expression.

Researchers led by Gen Kurosawa at the RIKEN Center for Interdisciplinary Theoretical and Mathematical Sciences (iTHEMS) in ...

A study by investigators at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, in collaboration with colleagues from Rabin Medical ...

Scientists discover how axolotls perfectly regrow limbs using chemicals humans already possess, bringing regenerative ...

Almost 90 US B-29 bombers dropped about 6,000 tons of napalm on Kumagaya, Japan, on the night of August 14-15, 1945. Eighty ...

The unique human body part that evolution cannot explain The human chin has long been fertile ground for arguments between scientists over its purpose ...

Human genetic code to be built from scratch Scientists from top universities hope to create fully synthetic human chromosome in five-year £10m project This feature is available for registered users.

Researchers crack the code of the body's ancient immune defense by Nathi Magubane , Ian Scheffler, University of Pennsylvania edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Robert Egan Editors' notes ...

Why space wrecks the human bodyIn this week’s episode of Space Minds, we explore how microgravity accelerates aging—and guest Dr. Nadia Maarouf shares her insights on the phenomenon and what ...

Mounting evidence from genome studies indicates that, contrary to received wisdom, our species has undergone profound biological adaptation in its recent evolutionary past ...

The XRP Ledger Foundation has spotted and fixed a "crypto stealing backdoor" in the main Javascript library used for interacting with XRP Ledger blockchain network.