Biology

When a plant goes thirsty, it changes the way it smells to the world around it—and that simple fact may...

Scientists have decoded the complete genome of a soil bacterium that can simultaneously boost plant growth, unlock locked-up nutrients in...

Colorectal cancer remains one of the deadliest malignancies worldwide, and while chemotherapy with drugs such as capecitabine has extended survival...

In the amber deposits of northern Myanmar, preserved for roughly 99 million years, scientists have found the key to unlocking...

The vagina is not merely an anatomical passageway but a finely tuned microbial ecosystem, and according to a new review...

For decades, the elaborate songs of songbirds have been treated as potential windows into the minds of the animals that...

A landmark international study has delivered the most comprehensive picture to date of the genetic architecture of multiple sclerosis, combining...

In a discovery that is reshaping how scientists think about the biology of human reproduction, researchers have unveiled the molecular...

Scientists in China have uncovered a molecular pathway that helps colorectal cancer grow and spread by hijacking the immune system's...

The microscopic killer behind the Irish Potato Famine has long haunted both history books and evolutionary biology, but its fate...