Evolution seems to follow a script more often than expected. Researchers found that distantly related butterflies and moths ...

Long before humans spread across the globe, a deadly disease may have quietly shaped where our ancestors lived—and even how we evolved. New research reveals that malaria didn’t just threaten early ...

When scientist J. Craig Venter and his team announced in 2010 that they had created the first cell controlled by a fully synthetic genome, it marked a turning point in how scientists think about life.

Scientists have engineered Spirulina to produce active vitamin B12—once thought to exist only in animal products—creating a ...