For centuries, scientists have known that plants "breathe" through microscopic pores on their leaves called stomata. These ...

Biology has always been an unruly science. Cells divide when they want to. Genes switch on and off like temperamental lights.

Life begins with a single fertilized cell that gradually transforms into a multicellular organism. This process requires ...

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Over the past year, most of your body has replaced itself cell by cell. What can we learn from other animals’ dramatic feats ...

Not all microbes are villains—many are vital to keeping us healthy. Researchers have created a world-first database that ...

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By studying the natural world, scientists find blueprints for innovations that can improve human lives—in the genes of a ...

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The use of computational techniques and information systems has revolutionized research in the biological sciences — from the analysis of DNA sequences and the understanding of gene expression and ...

A simple light-based method is uncovering hidden fiber networks inside the brain and body, even in tissue slides over 100 years old.

Time travel is deterministic and locally free, a paper says—resolving an age-old paradox. This follows research observing that the present is not changed by a time-traveling qubit. It’s still not very ...