Scientists unravel the confusing molecular biology behind a fruit fly’s reliance on a single type of cactus.
Scientists unravel the confusing molecular biology behind a fruit fly’s reliance on a single type of cactus.
Sleep-wake cycles affect how well our bodies fight disease.
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Are states with less rigorous rules about which children can claim an exception from vaccination in kindergarten putting communities at higher risk of childhood disease?
A human trial of a hepatitis C treatment is shut down after one of the participants died.
Mice with inflammatory bowel disease harbor gut bacteria that damage host DNA, predisposing mice to cancer.
Patent expirations of one HIV drugs will make the disease cheaper—but also more cumbersome—to treat.
A Bill of Rights amendment reaffirming the right to pray could have negative consequences for the teaching of evolution.
The root system of a tree species is genetically different than the leaves of that individual, potentially modifying scientists’ understanding of evolution.
Fossils from northern Kenya point to a new human species that lived in Africa nearly 2 million years ago.