A new study adds to a growing body of evidence that suggests asteroid impacts played a critical role in the emergence of life ...

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Streptococcus pneumoniae is a main cause of bacterial pneumonia worldwide. It can also cause ear and sinus infections and, in ...

More than 2.3 million ancient genetic switches discovered in plants reveal how key growth controls endured 300 million years ...

Scientists have uncovered an enormous hidden archive of plant DNA that has endured for more than 400 million years. By comparing hundreds of plant genomes, researchers identified more than 2.3 million ...

Genetic switches near the FTO locus may enable hibernators’ extreme metabolic resilience and could inspire future treatments ...

Spider-Man: Brand New Day is shaping up to change Peter Parker's life in big ways, with potential new powers, new enemies, ...

Results from Ryugu suggest the the Solar System produced the building blocks of life Scientists have found that all five of the substances that make up DNA and RNA in samples from Ryugu, the asteroid ...

RNA vaccines saved millions of lives during COVID-19 but have limitations like waning immunity and complex production. Scientists are now testing a new platform called DoriVac, which uses folded DNA ...

Bdelloid rotifers shrug off radiation doses that would obliterate human cells. Here’s how their resilience reveals deep ...

(Edsel Querini/iStock/Getty Images) For thousands of years, humans living high in the Argentinian Andes have relied on ...

Mosquitoes haven't always had a taste for human blood — partly because the tiny yet dangerous insects have been around a lot ...