Biologists have uncovered a new mode of communication inside cells that helps bacterial pathogens learn how to evade drugs.

As the sun rises over the Kalahari Desert, meerkat groups emerge from their burrows and gather closely, turning their bodies toward the warmth of the early light. These quiet morning moments are more ...

No one ever makes the decision to cut their mom or dad out of their life lightly, but for some, it may be the best course of action. Here's what experts say about the growing trend of going "no ...

Both chambers of Congress recently agreed to order the US justice department to release its files on Jeffrey Epstein. The House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved the measure in a 427-1 vote.

Your brain ventricles are four fluid-filled chambers that produce cerebrospinal fluid. This fluid helps nourish your brain and protect it from injury. It would be easy to argue that your brain is the ...

Journal Editorial Report: The Fed Chief signals rate cuts are coming. As we saw during the Covid pandemic, lab-created experiments can wreak havoc when they escape their confines. Once released, they ...

Gain-of-function experiments can help researchers get ahead of viruses naturally gaining the ability to infect people in the wild. But they're also used for many other areas of study within biology.

In early June 2025, a claim spread online that White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said, "America cannot function if President Trump has to deal with co-equal branches of government having ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday banning all federal funding for "dangerous" gain-of-function research in China, Iran and other countries and blocking all federal funding for ...

Section 1. Purpose. This order continues the reduction in the elements of the Federal bureaucracy that the President has determined are unnecessary. Sec. 2. Reducing the Scope of the Federal ...

From a tiny electric jolt when touching a doorknob to styrofoam peanuts that cling to a mischievous cat's fur -- the well-known and seemingly simple phenomenon of static electricity has puzzled people ...