All life on earth uses a genetic code based on four nucleotides. Now, scientists have created one with eight.

Nearly 50 years after its development, only a handful of creatures have passed the self-awareness exam. A new attempt with fish highlights a debate over the test’s use and meaning.

The agency warns that plasma treatments costing thousands of dollars, which supposedly treat the infirmities of old age, have not been proven “safe or effective.”

High salt concentrations are present in the affected skin of people with atopic dermatitis and promote the differentiation of the T helper cells involved in the development of allergic diseases.

The manuscript had amassed more than 50 comments about problematic figures and data on PubPeer.

The large-scale experiments aim to test how the technology would fare in the wild, if deployed to knock down populations of the pests.

The Columbia University geochemist is credited with popularizing the term “climate change” and his research shaped the modern understanding of water circulation in the ocean.

Certain adaptations identified in the fish’s DNA linked to wound healing, cancer protection, and a long life.

China’s ongoing Belt and Road Initiative passes through areas that are already at risk of swapping organisms.