The domestication of livestock and plants marked an important stage in the settlement of human populations in the Neolithic ...

Tiffany Taylor, professor of microbial ecology and evolution at the University of Bath in the U.K., recommends the books that ...

Welcome to the 2024 annual review from the biology, medicine and health beat. Yet again, our world leading researchers are ...

In the vast history of Earth, billions of years ago, an arid landscape dominated by volcanoes and shallow pools may have ...

The genetic code, a universal blueprint for life, governs how DNA and RNA sequences translate into proteins. While its ...

Scientists now have a better genetic understanding of the insect. The research offers an updated genome analysis of the common bedbug Cimex lectularius, providing new insight for those working to ...

COLUMN. A team from the University of Geneva has shown that the formation of patterns on the head of this great reptile is ...

Pairings like peanut butter and jelly or milk and cereal are iconic. But the concept of creating winning combinations is not limited to the kitchen; it is a fundamental principle driving the ...

A groundbreaking study reveals that crocodile scale formation is driven by tissue mechanics rather than genetics.

Despite awe-inspiring diversity, nearly every lifeform – from bacteria to blue whales – shares the same genetic code. How and when this code came about has been the subject of much scientific ...

Nearly all living organisms use the same genetic code, a complicated mechanism by which genetic information is translated into proteins, the building blocks of life. A new study suggests conventional ...

Karmodiya's group's research has focused on the cellular and genetic determinants of resistance to artemisinin, a critical ...