A reader (and astronomy expert) gets to grips with this one, pointing out that Earth’s future fate is still uncertain – and ...

Cancer cells that rely on vitamin B2 metabolism gain a built-in defense against ferroptosis, an iron-driven form of cell ...

Scientists say they have built a cell from scratch for the first time that can feed, grow and replicate like a natural cell.

Scientists say they have built a cell from scratch for the first time that can feed, grow and replicate like a natural cell.

Medical breakthroughs, side effects of AI use, and histories of the natural world feature among this season’s science titles.

NOAA scientists have traced a strange golden sphere, pulled from the Gulf of Alaska seafloor at roughly 3,300 meters depth, ...

The idea that octopuses might be aliens emerged from the theory of panspermia (Stelele 2018), according to which life on Earth is not entirely of terrestrial ...

This cell-like structure can grow, feed, divide and compete. Researchers ponder what it means for the future of synthetic ...

To protect against bioweapons, Anthropic told The Verge Fable’s ‘overly conservative’ safeguards block ‘most queries tied to biology work.’ To protect against bioweapons, Anthropic told The Verge ...

It’s day five of the State exams with Leaving Cert students facing Irish paper two this morning, followed by biology in the afternoon. Yesterday’s Irish paper one left students generally relieved, but ...

Welcome to the latest edition of my ongoing series of articles about trying to persuade my husband to pick up his dirty laundry. This might not sound like the most exciting topic for a column. But I ...