The question of what existed before your birth goes much deeper than genetics or fetal development. Some unusual research has kept the mystery alive without settling it.

University of Missouri scientist Ron Mittler is urging biologists to study organisms under multiple simultaneous stressors, ...

A New Golden Age” receive such a warm reception, and thrilling to see the enthusiasm with which leaders from across government, industry, philanthropy, and the academy are stepping forward to ...

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The Cox Science Center in West Palm Beach is determined to grow from a community landmark into one of the nation's top ...

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Scientists at UC San Francisco have developed a way to create cancer-fighting CAR-T cells directly inside the body, potentially avoiding the slow and extremely expensive process of removing, ...

In 2015, ESA astronaut Tim Peake carried rocket seeds to the International Space Station, launching a groundbreaking research ...

The nonprofit start-up Pioneer Labs claims to have made the first-ever “microbe for Mars.” Other experts aren’t so sure ...

Every cell in an organism contains the same DNA, which carries all the instructions needed for it to function. Yet cells do ...

I sent my cats’ saliva to the lab to get health and genetic insights sent to my inbox—with very different results.

EXCLUSIVE: President Lincoln, quoting the Bible, famously said of America on the brink of civil war, “A house divided against itself cannot stand.” In our present moment of intense political division, ...