A comprehensive review of dodo science offers new insights into the biology and behavior of the much-ridiculed bird.

A new study of genetic samples from the Huanan Market in Wuhan, China, could point to an animal origin of COVID-19, but controversial figures support it.

With genetic samples from the infamous Wuhan market, a new study makes the case that raccoon dogs are likely the animal that ...

A new CRISPRkit could bring modern biology advances to the classroom for about two dollars per kit, helping students ...

Two new papers by a team of researchers demonstrate that evaluating microRNAs in blood can be used not only to diagnose mild cognitive impairment (MCI) but also, critically, to predict the conversion ...

This Research Topic will showcase the diversity of reconstitution approaches currently being used to investigate fundamental cell biology. In this Research ... We invite primary data papers, ...

Life is starting to look a lot less like an outcome of chemistry and physics, and more like a computational process ...

We now know why some blood is missing a key antigen—leading to the creation of a new blood-grouping system. Experts believe ...

A machine-learning method predicts whether a genetic variant is pathogenic and affects certain human tissues. The ...

From 350,757 coin flips to prove probability to assessing the swimming abilities of dead trout, the winners of the 2024 Ig Nobel Prize have been recognized for their work in absurd scientific research ...

This year’s winners included a study that explores the feasibility of using pigeons to guide missiles, an experiment that saw ...