One of the greatest mysteries of our planet is how a soup of lifeless chemicals transformed into the first living cell. There are several competing theories about where this happened, from frozen ...

Rebecca Schulman is a professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Hopkins who is currently working on developing ...

A new study says genetic testing can speed the return of the American chestnut tree that once dominated Eastern U.S. forests.

Local leaders from Charleston, Berkeley and Dorchester counties gathered Jan. 26 to cut the ribbon on the new Tri-County Biological Science Center, marking the launch of South Carolina’s first ...

The story of the first-ever human-pig hybrid experiment. Trump wants nations to pay $1 billion to stay on peace board Leader linked to ISIS ambush that killed 3 Americans dead after US strike: CENTCOM ...

James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...

Crime scene DNA test results in minutes rather than weeks or months. It’s a new technology now in the hands of investigators at the King County Sheriff’s Office. It’s called the Rapid DNA machine. “It ...

Scientists have recovered tiny DNA traces left on Renaissance artefacts, at least some of which they suspect belong to visionary Italian polymath Leonardo da Vinci. Historical artefacts can accumulate ...

A giant impact on the early Earth could have brought the building blocks of RNA to our planet, which new research suggests could have quickly formed in the presence of compounds called borates. When ...

A couple who grew up around dogs adopted a "Labrador retriever mix" as their first pup, thinking it was going to be their best choice; however, his behavior didn’t quite match their expectations—and ...