The deadly H5 form of bird flu that has cut a swath across North America and elsewhere for the past five years has finally been detected in Australia. So what’s stopping this virus turning into the ...

The human-made cells show many hallmarks of life, but they can't make all their necessary internal structures or divide for ...

Scientists have created the world’s first man-made cell that can eat, grow and reproduce. Called SpudCell, it is the work of ...

"We’re hoping we’re really starting the true age of bioeconomy, enabling technology that will let people engineer biology." ...

Areas of East Tennessee are infested with ticks that can carry diseases. Here’s how to avoid them and what to do if you get ...

The invasive tick species can reproduce without mating, allowing for rapid population growth. Local agricultural officials ...

At first glance, bat sea stars, the nubbly, orange, many-footed creatures often found on the seafloor, seem about as far from humans as one can get. Appearances can be deceiving, however. Scientists ...

Honey bees get all the credit, but thousands of other bee species actually sustain human health and global agriculture.

Recently, a friend told me over coffee about some disheartening feedback she had received. “They said it was good,” she said, “but that it read like it was written by AI.” Knowing her, I understood ...

Landing humans on Mars could teach us whether life ever existed beyond Earth, how planets change over time, and how humans can live on other worlds. By studying Mars up close, astronauts could answer ...

The Toba supereruption 74,000 years ago was so massive it may have plunged Earth into years of darkness and cold, leading some scientists to believe humanity nearly went extinct. Yet archaeological ...

Like every other living thing on Earth - past, present, and indeed future - we’re products of evolution. This might be hard for some to believe, but our evolutionary history has been dictated by the ...