A new technique allows researchers to separate external and internal DNA to identify microbes colonizing the hostile environment of the Atacama Desert.

Bacteria-eating viruses called bacteriophages are drawing new interest, Lina Zeldovich writes in "The Living Medicine." ...

Microorganisms—bacteria, viruses and other tiny life forms—may drive biological variation in visible life as much, if not ...

Gene mutations have consequences both good and bad—from resistance to conditions like diabetes to susceptibility to certain ...

You probably learned about organelles, those little “organs” inside cells that form compartments with individual functions. For example, mitochondria produce energy, lysosomes recycle waste and the ...

Ryo Suzuki and his team at the University of Colorado Boulder are pioneering this new approach to make textbooks dynamic and ...

Yizhi “Patrick” Cai is coordinating a global effort to write a complete synthetic yeast genome. If he succeeds, the resulting ...

Bob Woodward’s latest book reveals that Trump sent Putin Covid tests when they were scarce in the US, and that Biden privately calls Netanyahu a ‘son of a bitch’ and a ‘fucking liar’. Picture: Getty ...

Hibbitts, his father and brother collaborated on two books — Texas Lizards and Texas Amphibians. Hibbitts earned a bachelor’s degree in biology with a wildlife ... governments and private landowners ...

Librarian with Siouxland Libraries and the leader of the KELOLAND Living Book Club, Lucy Stieger was with us on set today breaking down “The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store”, the most recent pick ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times. Our recommended books this week include histories of corporate mismanagement and misbehavior in the 19th century (“Savings and ...