One scientist, who's been studying blue-green algae, says little is known about its affect on wildlife.

Genetic analysis shows that microbes growing inside the International Space Station have adaptations for radiation and low ...

The paper opened an entire research field. Since then, more than 7,000 published studies have shown the prevalence of ...

A University of Arizona scientist is a co-author in an international study that has zeroed in on a short list of animals from ...

An effort to understand Earth’s past climates uncovered a history of wild temperature shifts and offered a warning on the ...

Researchers show the average surface temperature on our planet has shifted between 51.8 to 96.8 degrees Fahrenheit ...

One of this year's coveted Lasker Awards has gone to Zhijian "James" Chen, a scientist behind a key immune-system discovery.

One of the researchers described the circumstances that led to the discovery as “serendipity.” This year’s prestigious Lasker ...

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