A possible candidate to the precursor of ATP, the energy source for almost all cellular activity in life today, has been discovered.
Some characteristics of Titan's atmosphere is consistent with the existence of methane-based life, although there are likely other explanations.
Given the choice between conventionally produced food and organically produced food, birds seem to prefer the non-organic variety.
Local lizard populations have been vanishing at a rate closely linked to the maximum air temperature change in an area during the breeding season.
An entirely synthetic copy of a bacteria genome has been successfully used to recreate the bacteria.
Seaweed is not just taking advantage of the vacancies appearing due to the dying out of coral: some are actively waging chemical warfare.
A partially assembled draft of 60% of the Neanderthal genome is constructed from the remains of three bone fragments.
A single faulty gene can cause "mirror movements", where moving one side of the body, particularly the hands, causes the other to move unintentionally.
Feathers of some dinosaurs may have changed dramatically as they grew older, in a way that we don’t see in any modern bird.
Fairness is not only essential to the human social contract, it also plays an important role in the lives of nonhuman primates more generally.
