An archaeon reads the same codon in two different ways, overturning a doctrine that has stood for 60 years. Living organisms ...

In the vast and often unseen world of microscopic life, a recent discovery may force scientists to rethink what it means to be alive. Nestled inside a tiny plankton cell, researchers found a ...

Dolichospermum, a type of cyanobacteria thriving in Lake Erie’s warming waters, has been identified as the surprising culprit behind the lake’s dangerous saxitoxins—some of the most potent natural ...

The bulk of biological research is centered on a handful of species. Are we missing a huge chunk of life's secrets? Then in the early 1900s, Morgan was looking for an organism to test some of Charles ...

Listen to Short Wave on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Google Podcasts. A tiny flatworm that regenerates entire organs. A South American snail that can regrow its eyes. A killifish that suspends ...

Families come in all shapes and sizes, and not all parents are biologically related to their children. But most people do have two genetic parents, from whom they inherited their DNA. However, a very ...

As a society, we face various issues in the modern world. Synthetic biology is an emerging field that is attempting to address these problems at the genetic level, and researchers in this field are ...