Scientists across India sequenced genomes from dozens of communities as part of the Genome India Project, revealing insights ...

Amid cuts to federal funding, US universities tighten budgets, forcing PhD students and early-career researchers to navigate ...

Dozens of researchers, including myself, worked for years to uncover that swine flu had leapt to humans from a pig in Mexico in 2009. We learned a lot about influenza evolution, pig farming, and ...

The vivid wing patterns of butterflies, once attributed to a gene, are now traced to an overlooked microRNA.

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A safe biological birth control strategy for men has eluded scientists for many years. Now, an understudied enzyme brought ...

After widespread government layoffs, scientists worry about the uncertain future of research and advocate action to rise ...

Younger individuals are developing colorectal cancer earlier in life compared to older generations, and scientists don't know ...

In search of clues to the alarming rise in early-onset cancer cases among younger generations, scientists are investigating ...

Younger individuals are developing colorectal cancer earlier in life compared to older generations, and scientists don't know why.

Sarah Byosiere was at a barbecue just outside Melbourne, Australia, when she came up with the idea of presenting optical illusions to dogs. It was 2015, and she was visiting La Trobe University ...

Scientists are using AI-powered, 24/7 home-cage monitoring to accelerate discovery, enhance reproducibility, and improve ...