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The Rockefeller University geneticist is tracing the full lifespan of individual cells to better understand how and why humans age.

A seagrass relies on symbiotic bacteria inside its roots to fix nitrogen. This is the first time scientists have demonstrated that this relationship occurs in a marine plant.

A growing appreciation of the bacterial assemblages that live within tumors has researchers striving to understand and capitalize on their role.

Researchers who study the phenomenon in humans should incorporate subjective experiences into data on love.

Roseolovirus infection disrupts how the body trains immune cells not to attack it, a mouse study shows.

Geneticist Terry Magnuson steps down as vice-chancellor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill after he copied text from multiple sources he found online into a grant application. 

And does it even matter?

The legislation, passed by the House of Representatives yesterday, will increase research agencies’ budgets by around 5 percent in 2022 and support the creation of a new health agency.

Octopuses were around 82 million years earlier than scientists previously thought—and had two extra limbs at the time.

Half or more of the world’s largest forest is in danger of transitioning into grassland, researchers say.

A study that examined the brains of people before and after SARS-CoV-2 infection found a decrease in brain volume and damage to olfactory areas compared with controls.

McCrory left his post as chair of the influential Concussion in Sport Group after several of his editorials appeared to plagiarize other researchers’ work.