The Trump Administration’s ongoing efforts to erase the existence of transgender people are often defended in the name of the so-called “common sense” of “biological sex.” For instance, in  Executive ...

Ring-shaped extrachromosomal DNA is implicated in many cancers. Rachel Brazil talks to the scientists trying to uncover their ...

Molecular biologist Yali Dou, PhD, holder of the Marion and Harry Keiper Chair in Cancer Research and professor of medicine and cancer biology at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, has been elected a ...

Ten years ago, nobody knew that Asgard archaea even existed. In 2015, however, researchers examining deep-sea sediments discovered gene fragments that indicated a new and previously undiscovered form ...

ETH researchers discovered related structures in Asgard archaea and describe their structure. These experiments show that ...

New research sheds light on one of the biggest questions in biology: where did complex life come from? The answer may lie ...

In 2015, researchers examining deep-sea sediments near the underwater volcano Loki discovered gene fragments indicating a new ...

Asgard archaea emerged as a key piece in the puzzle of how complex life evolved, acting as a potential link between simple archaea and eukaryotes—organisms like plants and animals whose cells contain ...

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Writer takes issue with Poilievre's trans healthcare stance and "emulation" of Donald Trump ...