A new wave of scientists argues that mainstream evolutionary theory needs an urgent overhaul. Their opponents have dismissed them as misguided careerists – and the conflict may determine the future of ...

The beautiful, fascinating and often perplexing world around us grows from intricate and convoluted interactions of millions of pieces. As scientists, we work to understand and describe the parts and ...

Scientists call this speck LUCA — the Last Universal Common Ancestor. Since the concept of LUCA first emerged, it has ...

Wildlife biology is a scientific discipline within the biological sciences that focuses on the study of free-ranging vertebrate and invertebrate species, their populations, and their interactions with ...

Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan today announced the launch of a first-of-its-kind initiative combining frontier artificial intelligence and frontier biology to dramatically accelerate scientific ...

In Washington, DC, Xian-en Zhang, Director General, Basic Research Department, China Ministry of Science and Technology, stated that the People’s Republic of China is seeking to position itself as a ...

Largest genetic study to date marks a turning point, as researchers uncover the genetic roots of anxiety disorders.

Scientific advances over the past several decades have accelerated the ability to engineer existing organisms and to potentially create novel ones not found in nature. This report explores and ...