First-ever sample-to-sequence process entirely aboard the space station

The scent of grandma’s Christmas biscuits or the cologne of your first love—some odors are like keys to a door into the past

There is a link between perceiving an action and carrying out that action even in early infancy

Corn was first domesticated roughly 10,000 years ago in central Mexico by selecting desirable traits of teosinte, a species of wild grass

Discovery is major step towards a stem cell replacement therapy for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

Sharing of genetic survival skills to blame

Cells remodel and ‘refresh’ the lining of the womb in preparation for pregnancy

Researchers have upended the traditional understanding of the hormonal cascade that leads to release of an egg from the ovaries

The database is freely accessible to anyone on the web, where it allows scientists to study the functions and structure of RNA with greater speed and ease than in the past

New insight could lead to new strategies for combating high cholesterol

Modern New Zealand reptile may be a close relative

Finding underscores that animals beyond humans and primates show abstract intelligence