Shout “Erin go bragh" and let's get busy with 7 Irish sci-fi films to enjoy this St. Patrick's Day.

The death of an organism does not spell the end for its cells, according to new research. Cells have been shown to continue ...

All life on Earth can be traced back to a Last Universal Common Ancestor, or LUCA—and it likely lived on Earth only 400 ...

Depending on your definition, the Earth features many "biggest" living things. Today we're looking at where they stack up ...

The NFU has welcomed the introduction of secondary legislation to bring forward the Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) ...

Scientists discovered a massive clone specimen of seaweed a known as bladderwrack along the coast of Sweden, stretching some ...

Many biological molecules are chiral, meaning they exist in two forms that are mirror images of each other, like left and ...

Researchers at Yale have achieved a major breakthrough in synthetic biology. They have rewritten the genetic code of an organism, opening up unprecedented possibilities for medicine and industry. This ...

A growing number of new studies have found that, at least for some cells, death isn’t the end, but the beginning of something ...

In biology and life, organisms have a basic drive to reproduce and every living thing needs energy. This is the topic for ...

With its speedy growth and adaptability, E. coli has spent many years at the top of the "model organism" list, with no signs of slipping. But E. coli is a blip in a rich microbial world ...