The origin of life is surely one of the most important questions in biology. How did inanimate molecules give rise to the ...

New research is shedding light on surprising ways to reduce chronic inflammation—including suggestions as simple as flossing ...

Life begins with a single fertilized cell that gradually transforms into a multicellular organism. This process requires ...

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The hive mind doesn’t quite fit in the same category of horror as slashers or monsters, but it is its own impressive breed of ...

Communications Biology is an open access journal from Nature Portfolio publishing high-quality research, reviews and commentary in all areas of the biological sciences. Research papers published by ...

Early synthetic biology designs, namely the genetic toggle switch and repressilator, showed that regulatory components can be characterized and assembled to bring about complex, electronics-inspired ...

Biologists mapping the human body have long assumed that every major kind of microscopic life inside us already had a place on the tree of life. The discovery of strange RNA-based entities called ...

A newly identified class of RNA molecules has been discovered in bacteria living inside the human body. These circular genetic structures, termed obelisks, differ from known viruses and bacteria and ...

Many of us will throw modesty out the window when it comes to Christmas lunch. But what do these blow-out festive meals do to our body and brain? From running up stairs, to rigorous gardening: these ...

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