For more than a century, scientists have wondered why physical structures like blood vessels, neurons, tree branches, and ...

Scientific analysis, approved by then-Archbishop Jorge Mario Bergoglio (later Pope Francis), then involved Dr. Ricardo ...

Geologists studying ancient desert rocks have stumbled on a microscopic tunnel system that looks uncannily deliberate, a ...

Right now, the debate about consciousness often feels frozen between two entrenched positions. On one side sits computational functionalism, which treats cognition as something you can fully explain ...

It’s always amazing, and more than a little humbling, when the universe reminds us that our “common sense” is provincial, falling apart on cosmic scales. If you’re on the surface of Earth—and I’m ...

Three Chinese nationals working at a University of Michigan research lab were hit with federal charges Tuesday related to an alleged conspiracy to smuggle biological material into the United States ...

For too long, left-wing activists have told parents that the debate over biological males in girls’ sports and private spaces is overblown. They argued that opposition to men in women’s spaces was ...

Quantum technologies might seem incompatible with life. The quantum bits, or qubits, that make them up commonly require ultracold temperatures, and rely on hard, orderly materials like diamond or ...

Some people may be predisposed to having children of just one sex. That’s the conclusion of new findings published July 18 in Science Advances. While the chances of having a male or female child ...

To a layperson, technology and biological life may seem like opposite poles. However, the tech industry regularly draws lessons from living organisms, striving to build tools and systems that not only ...

PROTECTING AMERICANS FROM DANGEROUS GAIN OF FUNCTION RESEARCH: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order to improve the safety and security of biological research in the United States ...

Chronological age reflects the number of years a person has lived. In contrast, biological age estimates the functional state of the body based on molecular and physiological markers, such as blood ...