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.

AI-enabled research might cause immense harm if it is used to design pathogens with worrying new properties. To prevent this, ...

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

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

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

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

As soil dries, plants limit water loss by closing tiny apertures called stomata in their leaves. A global analysis reveals ...

Survey highlights disparity between academic and industry scientists’ access to computing power needed to train ...

Analysis of nearly 2,000 people living in remote villages in Honduras reveals who’s spreading gut microorganisms to whom.

Coming less than a decade after its launch, the studies emerging from the global project are a major achievement. Funders ...