Cells of the algal species Chlamydomonas reinhardtii are decorated with proteins that can sense light. That ability, first noticed in...

Cloudy, yellowish “fibrous diamonds” are too unsightly for most jewelers. But for scientists, their crystalline structure holds valuable...

Dark matter just got even more puzzling. This unidentified stuff, which makes up most of the mass in the cosmos, is invisible but...

Commercial bees in stressful, often unhygienic working conditions may spread their pathogens to wild pollinators, a large study suggests....

In 2017, the first immuno-oncology cell therapies, known as chimeric antigen receptor T cells, or CAR T, were approved by the U.S. Food...

Chances are, most — if not all — of the produce in your kitchen is threatened by fungal diseases. The threat looms large for food staples...

In the 1980s, scientists discovered that oyster mushrooms are carnivores. The delicious, inescapable inference is that they’re the only...

Middle Eastern hunter-gatherers changed their relationship with the dead nearly 20,000 years ago. Clues to that spiritual shift come from...

Squid can edit their genetic information in a place scientists didn’t expect. Longfin inshore squid (Doryteuthis pealeii) are the first...

Have you ever tried to recall a memory of a person or place and couldn't form the image in your mind? People with Aphantasia experience...

Malaria parasites survive tough times by not being too clingy. During Africa’s dry season, when mosquitoes are scarce, malaria parasites...

Scientists investigating a seismic fault off the U.S. West Coast have an unlikely new ally in their quest to create images of the Earth’s...

It has been said that the eyes are the window to the soul, but new research suggests that they may be a window to the brain as well. The...

When we harm someone directly or commit a misdeed we feel guilt - our biological moral alarm that signals we have done something wrong....

Ketamine banishes depression by slowly coaxing nerve cells to sprout new connections, a study of mice suggests. The finding may help...

Threadlike filaments pressed in rock may be the remnants of archaea that burped methane near hydrothermal vents 3.42 billion years ago. ...

A Venus’s-flower-basket isn’t all show. This stunning deep-sea sponge can also alter the flow of seawater in surprising ways. A lacy,...

Footprints left behind by prehistoric people maybe some of the strongest evidence yet that humans arrived in the Americas earlier than...

Seconds before a memory pops up, certain nerve cells jolt into collective action. The discovery of this signal sheds light on the...

Earth’s hot springs and hydrothermal vents are home to a previously unidentified group of archaea. And, unlike similar tiny,...