Fear may be as old as life on Earth. Now, researchers are getting to the bottom of explaining why we love it so much.

Why does third-party reproduction push some of us outside our comfort zones? Does this discomfort represent fear, or a path ...

Scientists have created a new organism called xenobots for the first time. This ‘living machine’ raises questions about biology and robotics and what life is that we may have never considered.

The idea of a species is fundamental to the way that many people understand the structure of life on Earth. But ask 10 ...

Yes on Question 1 provides greater oversight, accountability and transparency so we can save taxpayer dollars through ...

The ‘Prince’ sat down with Princeton Professor Emeritus John Hopfield to learn about his background in physics, time on ...

The earliest cells likely didn’t have membranes to separate and protect their components and chemistry away from a harsh surrounding environment. But they may have made do with rain.

Comb jellies seem to use the strategy of aging in reverse as a survival strategy when they are under pressure.

In a new opinion piece published on October 30 in Trends in Ecology and Evolution, researchers present a framework intended to underscore the value of biologging data for testing important questions ...

Don't worry, we're not serious about cutting down the oak trees. But something needs to be done about the isoprene they emit.

Year 12 students may be breathing sighs of relief now the highly-anticipated English exam is over, but it’s just the ...

One in three researchers says their peers force them to carry out tests with animals if their work is to be published, while ...