Coral reefs are teeming with life: they are home to over a third of all marine animal and plant species on Earth, despite covering less than one percent of the ocean floor. However, this immense ...

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For much of modern biology, scientists argued that viruses are not alive, pointing to a basic limitation: they cannot make proteins on their own and must depend entirely on the cells they infect for ...

Researchers have been studying tens of thousands of proteins and even more variations without a yardstick to compare their results.

As space agencies prepare for human missions to the Moon and Mars, scientists need to understand how the absence of gravity affects living cells.

By designing graft materials that more closely resemble natural tissue, scientists hope to reduce life-threatening infections ...

In the oceans and on land, scientists are discovering rare, transitional organisms that bridge the gap between Earth’s simplest cells and today’s complex ones.

A plant-based diet combined with probiotics reduces PSA increase in men and lowers prostate cancer risk by 3x.

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Jim Cramer, the host of Mad Money, said Monday that earnings season is what is really moving stocks right now. We knew the airlines would have to cancel a lot of flights thanks to the blizzard on ...