New studies of tadpole shrimp and other organisms show that the term “living fossil” is inaccurate and misleading.
New studies of tadpole shrimp and other organisms show that the term “living fossil” is inaccurate and misleading.
Scientists are using genetic techniques to target diseases that affect how we see, hear, smell, taste, and feel.
Researchers show that a bacterium’s self-sacrifice can benefit its community, even when the members are not strongly related.
Researchers identify the target protein of a recently discovered human coronavirus, shedding light on infection and possible interspecies spread.
Transcriptome studies reveal new insights about unusual animals whose genomes have not been sequenced.
A red alga appears to have adapted to extremely hot, acidic environments by collecting genes from bacteria and archaea.
Tuberculosis bacteria find shelter from drugs and the body’s defenses in bone marrow stem cells.
The majority of human melanomas contain mutations in a gene promoter, suggesting mutations in regulatory regions may spur some cancers.
As wolves became domesticated, their genes adapted to a starch-rich diet of human leftovers.
Tumor cells rapidly divide by usurping a metabolic trick from normal cell development.