The platypus is one of evolution's lovable, oddball animals. The creature seems to defy well-understood rules of biology by ...

After combing through NASA's James Webb Space Telescope's archive of sweeping extragalactic cosmic fields, a small team of ...

A stretch of viral DNA in the mouse genome gives cells in early-stage embryos the potential to become almost any cell type in ...

Astronomers spotted nine galaxies with characteristics that have never been seen as a collection before. It's possible this ...

A recent study reveals that bacteria residing within colorectal tumors form distinct ecosystems closely linked to disease ...

Belarusian scientists have assembled a unique collection of DNA from Belarusian long-livers, which contains biomaterial samples from 200 people over 90 years old and about 500 people aged 60 to 89 ...

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Using data from the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have identified a population of “platypus galaxies” that defy ...

Explore the fascinating ways dog breeds continue to evolve through genetic influences. Coat Length The fluffy Afghan Hound ...

Biology has always been an unruly science. Cells divide when they want to. Genes switch on and off like temperamental lights.

From insignificant individual cells to a rich community full of cooperation. That is how our understanding of the world of ...