Mendel’s monastery garden experiments went largely unnoticed during his life, but their implications would ripple through ...

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Amber Selvey spoke exclusively with PEOPLE about the deaths of her husband, Jason, and their son, Daniel, who both died due ...

Zoe Wilson thought she may be at risk. It wasn’t just a vague gut feeling: the risk was demonstrable and clear, running ...

Artist, inventor and anatomist Leonardo da Vinci was the definition of a Renaissance man — and scientists are aiming to ...

A deadly fungus that has wiped out hundreds of amphibian species worldwide may have started its global journey in Brazil.

The work marks the first time an Ice Age animal’s complete genome has been recovered from tissue preserved inside another ...

Research led by the University of Sydney is reshaping scientific understanding of one of the world's most widespread canine ...

The quality of the preservation was such that his mortal remains emitted a pleasant fragrance 800 years after his entombment.

Studies looking at how sponges have evolved on a molecular level have suggested that spicules should be present over 700 ...

U.S. Dietary Guidelines advises "Drink less." It's good advice: research shows alcohol increases breast cancer risk, starting ...

Stress, ageing, cancer. There are still no magic solutions but one factor linking all three holds out hope. And that, says Nobel Laureate Jack Szostak, is the telomere, which lies at the end of ...