The earliest cells harnessed energy through geochemical reactions, a process that LMU researchers have now successfully ...

A journey to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture took me places I will not soon forget.

According to new research, brain aging is a biological process involving degenerative, adaptive, and regenerative changes in ...

Since the human genome was first sequenced in 2003, the world's scientific community has been racing to decipher this "book" written in an alphabet of four letters.

A study has found that an ancient protein motif that binds to nucleic acids is functionally "ambidextrous." This means that ...

A study in Uganda shows how often chimps use medicinal plants and other forms of health care — and what that says about the roots of human medicine.

"Octopus!" (Courtesy of Prime) These characteristics are compared to human traits, leading many to conclude that octopuses are remarkably intelligent. But as Piero Amodio, an animal behavior and ...

With a message that is timely and essential, Neil Shubin delivers a compendium of both historical and very recent scientific ...

Color vision evolved to support survival and social needs. Today, it influences how we think, feel, and navigate the world, ...

The biodiversity of Earth's oceans is disproportionately concentrated in coral reefs—the vibrant undersea ecosystems where ...