The discovery of the building blocks of life from an extra-terrestrial object sparked excitement and discussion among prominent astronomers on 'X', who brought up Fermi's paradox.

For the scientific enterprise, 2025 was marked by setbacks and challenges. But scientists are no strangers to adversity—the ability to overcome obstacles is built into our training. In turn, research ...

TriLink BioTechnologies senior scientist Dr Cody Palumbo discusses the blockers to manufacturing mRNA-based gene editing ...

He chronicled the search for ‘the secret of life’ in his bestseller The Double Helix but damaged his career with his ...

Currently, animal-borne viral diseases seriously threaten the development of the world's breeding industry, especially in ...

ALL is the most common childhood cancer, and cases are rising. Find out why this trend is paired with a remarkable 90% survival rate, and what public health action is needed next.

Shiny Diamond on Pexels ...

James D Watson, co-discoverer of DNA's double-helix structure and Nobel laureate, has died at 97. His groundbreaking work with Francis Crick transformed modern genetics and biotechnology. James D ...

Watson’s role in decoding DNA, the genetic blueprint for life, would have been enough to establish him as one of the most important scientists of the 20th century.

“The laws of inheritance are quite unknown,” Charles Darwin acknowledged in 1859. The discovery of DNA’s shape altered how we conceived of life itself. The X-ray crystallography by Rosalind Franklin ...