Humans evolved late in Earth history. While this timing inspired the conclusion that humanlike life is a cosmic improbability ...

This engineered genome will help experts tailor organisms to fit the needs of their ever-changing environments.

The LNP-mRNA modality is a novel approach that uses lipid nanoparticles to deliver messenger RNA into cells. The mRNA acts as ...

After more than a decade of work, researchers have reached a major milestone in their efforts to re-engineer life in the lab, ...

Roughly 300,000 years ago, our species first appeared on the African landscape before spreading globally and coming to ...

“Our existence is probably not an evolutionary fluke,” says Jennifer Macalady, a study co-author and microbiology professor ...

Humanity may not be extraordinary but rather the natural evolutionary outcome for our planet and likely others, according to a new model for how intelligent life developed on Earth.

For decades, scientists believed that intelligent life was a rare cosmic accident. A new study challenges that idea, arguing ...

In biology textbooks, the endoplasmic reticulum is often portrayed as a distinct, compact organelle near the nucleus, and is commonly known to be responsible for protein trafficking and secretion. In ...