Life may have emerged from a surprisingly simple network of chemical reactions long before cells or genes existed.

In preparation for the transition of KJSEA candidates to senior schools, the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD) ...

Did humans not originate from Earth? That is a question which has always puzzled scientists. Now, a social media claim has ...

A UCLA-led research team has discovered a molecular switch that determines whether tiny blood vessels in premature infants' ...

New species of the plants are still being discovered, and their parasitic biology is being probed for potential cancer ...

It has been claimed that because most of our DNA is active, it must be important, but now human-plant hybrid cells have been ...

Scientists trace an ancient microbe, Asgard archaea, that gave rise to humans, animals, and plants more than 2 billion years ...

Although signal transduction research has focused heavily on eukaryotic pathways, signaling systems abound in prokaryotes as well. Unicellular organisms are routinely challenged by drastic changes in ...

A shiny gray crystal called platinum-bismuth-two hides an electronic world unlike anything scientists have seen before.

Synthetic biology is the design and construction of new biological parts, devices, and systems, and the re-design of existing, natural biological systems for useful purposes. The textile dyeing ...

From Viking to Perseverance, scientists have spent decades chasing chemical hints that could point to life beyond Earth.

With studies of fossilized bones, gut contents, eggshells and more, paleontologists revealed new and captivating details ...