This article was originally featured on The Conversation. Life and death are traditionally viewed as opposites. But the emergence of new multicellular life-forms from the cells of a dead organism ...

Researchers have developed a new biocontainment method for limiting the escape of genetically engineered organisms used in industrial processes. Researchers in the Manchester Institute of ...

This workshop explored what is known about successful models in scientific engagement with the public using genetically modified organisms (GMOs) as an example to focus the discussion. Geared for life ...

Scientists have discovered something intriguing in a new type of organism that actually eats viruses. The organisms, which are known as virovores, don't just eat viruses accidentally, either. These ...

Scientists in the UK have rewritten one of life’s oldest operating systems. They have built a bacterium that functions with a stripped-down genetic code, eliminating seven of the 64 instructions used ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...

The life sciences focus on patterns, processes, and relationships of living organisms. Life is self-contained, self-sustaining, self-replicating, and evolving, operating according to laws of the ...

A flash of bright orange on a rocky outcrop might not look like much, but for paleontologists it could be a beacon pointing toward hidden dinosaur bones. As researchers probe how this unusual organism ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. In the world of greenhouse gas emissions, ...

TREE 2B, RANOMAFANA, is not an address recognised by Madagascar’s postal service. It is, though, someone’s home. The someone in question is a mouse lemur called Judah, the 349th participant to be ...

A microscopic fresh-water plankton has been identified as the first-known life form that gobbles up and thrives on viruses, scientists have announced. The tricky science behind reviving ‘zombie ...