A new study led by researchers at the Earth-Life Science Institute (ELSI) at the Institute of Science, Tokyo, has uncovered a surprising role for calcium in shaping life's earliest molecular ...

A single Stika spruce on the Washington state coast has become a landmark and symbol of resiliency for travelers, but it ...

Fossils known as Prototaxites, which once dominated the land, have puzzled scientists since Darwin’s days. New evidence ...

The iconic Cape Verde date palm came from commercial trees gone feral and could provide genetic variety to boost the resilience of its tamer relatives.

Somewhere in the high desert of Oregon, where the sagebrush stretches to the horizon and cell service goes to die, there’s a ...

Paul Cezanne is often regarded as the bridge between Impressionism and Modernism, and the way he changed an artist’s approach ...

It’s important to note that researchers are likely at least 10 to 30 years away from creating mirror bacteria. On the timescale of a fast-moving field like synthetic biology, a decade is a very long ...