Biology has come a long way from the days of mixing things in petri dishes and hoping something interesting happens. In his new book, Venter introduces readers to a future of precise biological engineering.
Under a microscope, the tiny trap of a carnivorous plant becomes an impressive gaping maw.
Science News Letter was the first publication to use the term in print in 1964.
The history of the West’s iconic river is written in the dramatic landscapes it has shaped. How to interpret that chronicle has become a contentious issue among geologists.
A biologist who formerly applied his mathematical talents in finance has developed new ways of predicting the ups and downs of fish populations.
Prosthesis bypasses damaged area to connect distant neurons.
People who take Nexium, Prilosec and other medicines more prone to low B12 levels.
New record low measured by satellite.
Plumes from ice-covered oceans would increase likelihood of life-friendly conditions on one moon of Jupiter.
A fossil head has both a duck bill and a soft-tissue crest, scientists suggest.
Genetic data confirm the marine predators have more ancient origin than simpler sponges.
Larger paths of destruction may be tied to climate change.
A Polynesian society often presumed to have self-destructed shows signs of having carried on instead.
Microbes from pet-owning houses protected mice against allergy, infection.
Earliest evidence found for grain as a force in feline domestication.
A map of Saturn’s largest moon reveals clues about the object's landscape.
DNA from 50,000 years ago underscores modest levels of mating across hominid populations.
Narcolepsy occurs when wayward immune forces launch an attack on brain cells responsible for wakefulness, a new study suggests.
A new method could help identify habitable planets.
Hot, compressed sodium chloride stretches the fundamental rules of matter.
A galaxy little changed since the dawn of the universe shows up in our celestial neighborhood.
The method could scrub exhaust from cars and power plants.
On Monmouth Beach, just west of the center of Lyme Regis, amateur and professional collectors have been making discoveries for more than two centuries.
Watching a meteor race across the night sky is a romantic experience. And now it can be a scientific one as well.
Many males of the tiny soil organisms sustain their species by leaving drops of sperm glistening here and there in the landscape in case a female chooses to pick one up.
At least 103 million cases of childhood disease have been prevented by vaccines since 1924.
Dervishes are Sufi Muslims who represent the revolving heavens with their spinning dance.
