As NASA plans for long-term human missions beyond Earth, one question keeps resurfacing: how do you sustain life in places ...

Scientists expected Chernobyl to be a dead zone — but instead, wolves, plants, and other life are thriving in radiation. Even stranger? These organisms are showing traits they shouldn’t have — faster ...

New research shows potatoes evolved from tomatoes through ancient plant mixing that created underground tubers.

Research into how a father’s choices — such as diet, exercise, stress, nicotine use — may transfer traits to his children has ...

The researchers think the pattern they observed in ants reflects a more universal trend in the evolution of societal ...

A newly discovered organism is challenging the fundamental definition of life, blurring the lines between viruses and ...

Although it also performs some functions in men, estrogen, the main female sex hormone, is involved in a myriad of processes, ...

With a new generation of fast and affordable gene sequencers, researchers are better equipped than ever to tackle Earth’s ...

Scientists from the City University of Hong Kong have found that nanoplastics can enter zebrafish via two pathways: ...

Estrogens, the main female sex hormone, although they also perform some functions in men, are involved in a myriad of ...

Metabolism quietly governs every living body. It shapes how organisms grow, reproduce, heal, and age. Because metabolism links closely to body size, temperature, and diet, it also sets limits on how ...

Researchers at the CNIO show that oestrogens regulate gene expression by changing DNA supercoiling. Hormone-activated ...