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A study in fruit flies suggests an internal genomic arms race may be driving rapid evolution in proteins that still perform an essential, unchanging job: protecting chromosome ends.

University of Arizona Ph.D. students gathered in the Sonett Space Sciences building on Dec. 8 to present their research and discuss other scientists’ research related to the study of astrobiology.

A newly identified class of RNA molecules has been discovered in bacteria living inside the human body. These circular ...

Scientists have reconstructed the head of an ancient human relative from 1.5 million year-old fossilized bones and teeth. But ...

Dr. Dianne I Greenfield CUNY Advanced Science Research Center & Queens College Associate Professor in Environmental Sciences (Oceanography) Area of Research: Biological Oceanograp ...

A major evolutionary theory says most genetic changes don’t really matter, but new evidence suggests that’s not true. Researchers found that helpful mutations happen surprisingly often. The twist is ...

WIRED spoke with DeepMind’s Pushmeet Kohli about the recent past—and promising future—of the Nobel Prize-winning research ...

Scientists have long known that mutations in certain genes affecting microtubules in plants can cause plants to grow in a twisting manner. In most cases, these are “null mutations,” meaning the ...

The most comprehensive dataset of termite genomes to date was created by an international team of scientists, led by ...

Some ants thrive by choosing numbers over strength. Instead of heavily protecting each worker, they invest fewer resources in ...

New breakthroughs in microbial analysis could enhance disease prediction, environmental protection and our understanding of the planet’s smallest life forms.