In 1996, scientists introduced a type of transgenic maize with built-in protection against pests, such as the...

Stephen Hawking died today (March 14) at his home in Cambridge, England. He was 76.Hawking was known...

In the latest installment of the Reproducibility Project: Cancer Biology, an independent team attempted to replicate a study from 2012...

Three people who developed adverse side effects after receiving injections of an unapproved, experimental herpes vaccine have...

Denisovans, an ancient hominin species long unknown to science, have yielded another of their secrets: At least...

Louise Slaughter (D-NY), a longtime member of the US House of Representatives who trained as a microbiologist,...

Antibiotics are known to influence the growth of bacteria in the human body. But new research led...

Sudan, the last remaining northern white rhino to have been born in the wild, was euthanized yesterday...

The genomes of five Neanderthals who lived roughly 39,000 to 47,000 years ago are offering researchers insight...

Motherhood is hard, am I right? If your kids aren’t fighting, they’re destroying the living room with Legos. When...