Life may have emerged from a surprisingly simple network of chemical reactions long before cells or genes existed.

A combination of two classical biological laws, the global constraint principle delves deeper into complex biological ...

The transition from simple chemistry to the complex biology of molecules that gave rise to life is a puzzle that scientists ...

For nearly a century, biologists have relied on a simple rule to predict how microbes grow when food is scarce, a rule that ...

Humans have it. So does Drosophila. But not yeast. That "it" is a small pause at the start of gene activity—a brief molecular halt that may have helped life evolve from simple cells to complex animals ...

Sikkim Sundari is also known as the “Glasshouse Plant” due to its unique appearance. For 30 years, it survives as a small rosette of leaves, storing energy in harsh alpine conditions marked by ...

Robin Wall Kimmerer, author of “The Serviceberry,” offers ideas rooted in nature for creating sharing economies as a way to ...

Elective egg freezing, once largely a medical necessity, has gradually transformed into a planned step in long-term career ...

For people with sensory sensitivities, holiday gatherings can trigger stress and burnout, not joy. Mental health experts ...

Scientists have discovered a microbe that bends the rules of the genetic code. This organism, Methanosarcina acetivorans, ...

From mudstones on Mars to strange gases in exoplanet atmospheres, tentative evidence for extraterrestrial life is starting to ...

Four billion years ago, Earth was violent, hot, and unstable. Yet new research suggests that by then, life had already ...