The conservation of genome regulatory elements over long periods of evolution is not limited to vertebrates, as previously ...

New director-general Mark Thomson discusses fundraising efforts and future priorities for Europe’s particle-physics ...

Hungarian biologist Tibor Gánti is an obscure figure. Now, more than a decade after his death, his ideas about how life began ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Science and technology encompass the systematic study of the natural world and the application of this knowledge to develop tools and processes that enhance human life. This text is only intended to ...

Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have revealed previously unappreciated roles for the retrotransposon LINE-1 in shaping the cancer genome structure and regulation. Retrotransposons ...

In a new co-authored book, Professor and Chair of Psychology and Neuroscience Elizabeth A. Kensinger points out some surprising facts about how memories work Explaining the science behind memory and ...