Researchers at Leipzig University and TU Dresden have succeeded in developing biological switches that can selectively turn ion channels on and off using light pulses. Initial applications show that ...

More than 3.5 billion years ago, the Earth was not the hospitable world we know today. The atmosphere lacked oxygen, the seas ...

“While the human penis functions primarily to transfer sperm, our result suggests its unusual large size evolved as a sexual ...

The axolotl can regenerate lost limbs, not just arms or legs, but even parts of its spinal cord, heart, and eyes. This means if it’s injured, it can regrow what was lost and thrive again. This rare ...

It’s always amazing, and more than a little humbling, when the universe reminds us that our “common sense” is provincial, falling apart on cosmic scales. If you’re on the surface of Earth—and I’m ...

The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Wednesday that three Chinese national scholars have been charged with conspiring to smuggle biological materials into the U.S. while working at a university ...

For too long, left-wing activists have told parents that the debate over biological males in girls’ sports and private spaces is overblown. They argued that opposition to men in women’s spaces was ...

Some people may be predisposed to having children of just one sex. That’s the conclusion of new findings published July 18 in Science Advances. While the chances of having a male or female child ...

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Is the Defense Department still preparing to fight biological warfare as if it’s 1970? When preparing for biological warfare, most nations picture scenarios in which an enemy openly sprays traditional ...

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To a layperson, technology and biological life may seem like opposite poles. However, the tech industry regularly draws lessons from living organisms, striving to build tools and systems that not only ...