New research by scientists at the American Museum of Natural History and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln reports, for the ...

Most major biological molecules, including all proteins, DNA and RNA, point in one direction or another. In other words, they ...

A new study has unveiled the genetic mechanism controlling citric acid content in jujube fruit, identifying a natural ...

Albuquerque is no stranger to fractals. The city is home to the Fractal Foundation, features fractal billboards around town, and even has a fractal ...

Synthetic cells that look just like natural cells but are chemically reversed could outcompete other living organisms − with ...

Do artists and scientists see the same thing in the shape of trees? As a scientist who studies branching patterns in living things, I'm starting to ...

New research has revealed a quantity related to the complexity and proportions of a tree's branches that artists have ...

Kate Rodriguez-Clark is an animal matchmaking guru. Among her responsibilities as a population ecologist for the Smithsonian, ...

Evolution is traditionally associated with a process of increasing complexity and gaining new genes. However, the explosion ...

Human Design is a “transformative system that blends the ancient wisdom of astrology, the Chinese I Ching, the Judaic Tree of ...

Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise.” Proverbs 6:6 Edward O. Wilson, the Harvard biologist who has died at age 92, is most famous for his contributions to evolutionary ...