The revelation of DNA’s chemical structure made it possible to understand how it might replicate and direct the growth of ...

If nonliving materials can produce rich, organized mixtures of organic molecules, then the traditional signs we use to recognize biology may no longer be enough.

Machine learning is quietly rewriting the rules of the cosmic hunt for company. Instead of waiting to recognize familiar ...

DNA doesn’t just sit still inside our cells — it folds, loops, and rearranges in ways that shape how genes behave.

What scientists long believed were knots in DNA may actually be persistent twists formed during nanopore analysis, revealing an overlooked mechanism with major implications.

A crowd-sourced search for alien intelligence called SETI@Home is in its final stages, analyzing 100 radio signals of ...

A research team led by Zhiping Weng, Ph.D., and Jill Moore, Ph.D."18, at UMass Chan Medical School, has nearly tripled the ...

Each cell in a plant, animal, or person contains millions, or even billions, of DNA base pairs—molecules connected by hydrogen bonds that are the building blocks of DNA. These base pairs collectively ...

Two big, important events are taking place this week. Christmas, obviously, but also the season 1 finale of Apple TV’s newest hit sci-fi show, Pluribus. Minor spoilers through Episode 8 follow.

The whole concept of Star Wars being a family-driven story — “the Skywalker Saga,” as the main nine “episode” movies were rebranded toward the end of the sequel trilogy — has always been a little more ...