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Researchers discover a unique genetic code in Antarctic archaea that encodes a rare amino acid, potentially advancing protein ...

The pursuit to fulfill this mandate not only brings clarity to our meaning and purpose in this world, but it also creates the ...

Innovative research into the gene-editing tool targets influenza’s ability to replicate—stopping it in its tracks.

The platypus is one of evolution's lovable, oddball animals. The creature seems to defy well-understood rules of biology by ...

Astronomers spotted nine galaxies with characteristics that have never been seen as a collection before. It's possible this ...

How to balance patient confidentiality with your ethical and legal duties to inform family of hereditary risks.

Genetic treatments could be the key to unlocking some rare diseases. But bringing these medicines to patients involves ...

After combing through NASA's James Webb Space Telescope's archive of sweeping extragalactic cosmic fields, a small team of ...

The lab, which expands upon an effort by UCSD and Scripps Research, will use wastewater analysis to detect flu, COVID and RSV ...

Editorial: Over the holiday period, the Guardian leader column is looking ahead at the themes of 2026. Today we examine how the White House’s war on vaccines has left the future of a key technology un ...

Using data from the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have identified a population of “platypus galaxies” that defy ...