Biology and Biochemistry

Poison Gas Hints at Potential for Life on Enceladus, a Moon of Saturn

A researcher who has studied the icy world said “the prospects for the development of life are getting better and better on Enceladus.”

According to a new study, living cells outnumber stars in the universe, highlighting the deep, underrated link between geophysics and biology.

The dominant variant of the coronavirus has proved to be not only staggeringly infectious, but an evolutionary marvel.

A new study challenges a prominent evolutionary theory about why women live long after their childbearing years.

The cancer likely started off as an immune cell that mutated, multiplied and adapted to survive in the water.