Scientists have detected organic compounds and minerals necessary for life in the samples collected by the OSIRIS-REx mission ...

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

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

Evolution was fueled by endosymbiosis, cellular alliances in which one microbe makes a permanent home inside another. For 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 ...

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

Research conducted by an international team and led by biologists at the University of Kentucky has found that the ability to ...

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

Samples of Bennu were brought back to Earth by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft in 2023. Now, a pair of newly published papers ...

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

Fathers exposed to high stress in childhood had different epigenetic markers that may affect their offspring, though more research is needed.

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