Scientists think they’ve found a way to investigate the creation of cell membranes and DNA genomes that gave rise to the last universal common ancestor.

Star Trek's 60th anniversary, and to celebrate, Nacelle is making action figures of the two people who helped make it all possible, back in 1966. Nacelle's 1/10-scale Star Trek action figures have ...

Planning to play High on Life 2 but can't remember what happened back in 2022? Here's a full recap of the first game to get you up to speed.

Octopuses break so many biological expectations that scientists still struggle to explain how they ended up this way through normal evolution. From how their brains work to how their bodies heal, ...

A financial crisis could be triggered by an announcement that aliens exist, according to Helen McCaw, a former policy expert of the Bank of England. McCaw told The Times of London that politicians and ...

A new CRISPR breakthrough shows scientists can turn genes back on without cutting DNA, by removing chemical tags that act like molecular anchors. The work confirms these tags actively silence genes, ...

Which genes are required for turning embryonic stem cells into brain cells, and what happens when this process goes wrong? In a new study published today in Nature Neuroscience, researchers led by ...

The search for life beyond our solar system heated up this year when scientists reported a tantalising signal from an exoplanet of a molecule that is known to be produced exclusively by life on Earth.

Cephalopods don’t just look alien—they evolved like nothing else on Earth. The SRT describes how octopuses have three hearts, blue copper-based blood, and a massive nervous system where three-fifths ...