The mechanics of the onset of cancer or neurodegenerative disorders like Alzheimer's disease or ALS remain a mystery.

Madagascar is home to seven species of baobab trees, of which six are found nowhere else on the planet. Many of the trees ...

The beetle that ‘shouldn’t exist’ turns out to be a case study in how complex traits actually evolve. Here’s how it came to ...

Scientists reveal how Earth flipped into an ice age 350 million years ago, uncovering a major shift in the planet’s ancient ...

The ozone layer once stood as a clear example of global cooperation. Nations came together under the Montreal Protocol and ...

When I was in fourth grade, I had a teacher that invited us to bring in the caterpillar precursor of a monarch butterfly. She ...

Daniel Nweze is a chemical and biomedical engineering researcher, as well as a doctoral candidate at Auburn University in ...

Staff expressed frustration with how the transfers are being handled and perceive them as yet another measure to traumatize ...

Utah is making major progress in clean energy. In 2001, around 94% of the state’s electricity generation came from coal; that ...

I was in my second semester as a PhD student and still grappling with the complexities of my own research, yet I had been ...

Technology must return to its proper place in the classroom — as a supplemental tool rather than the source and summit of ...

A study in mice traced the loss of cartilage that accompanies aging to a single protein, pointing to treatments that may one ...