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Discover how scientists blend biology, synthetic biology, and astrobiology to speculate on alien life forms, focusing on the ...

In the most comprehensive global analysis of genetic diversity ever undertaken, an international team of scientists has found that the genetic diversity is being lost across the globe but that ...

An evaluation of introductory biology syllabi from just under 100 colleges and universities finds the syllabus is often ...

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Scientists recreated the origins of one of life's most important partnerships, uncovering how symbiotic relationships can ...

Mangrove forests along the Amazon coast release significant amounts of trace elements such as neodymium and hafnium. These ...

A new study outlines the ways by which city life may be shaping the evolution of urban coyotes ... University in St. Louis and senior author of a study published in Genome Biology and Evolution.

Rock and dust samples retrieved by NASA from the asteroid Bennu exhibit some of the chemical building blocks of life, ...

Study reveals how human history—from Indigenous stewardship to colonization—shaped the genetic diversity of Brazil Nut trees ...

A NASA spacecraft has returned asteroid samples that hold not only the pristine building blocks for life but also the salty ...