Microorganisms on a sample of asteroid are clearly terrestrial — despite strict protocols to avoid contamination.

Six years of observations show that play encourages group efforts and eases tension between adult chimpanzees.

Since a schizophrenia drug, the first in decades with an innovative mechanism of action, gained US regulatory approval in ...

A strain of avian influenza is showing signs of adaptation to human hosts, but there is no evidence that it can transmit from ...

Bites from insects infected with modified malaria parasites boosted immunity and stopped people from contracting the disease.

Every year, people in central and southern Africa light fires to clear cropland, generating smoke particles that travel ...

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