Life
Artificial cell designed in lab reveals genes essential to life
Bacterium created in Craig Venter's lab breaks record for smallest genome and could help reveal secrets of life
News
Life
Small is beautiful: Why a synthetic minimal genome is a big deal
Opinion
Humans
The evolution of the nose: why is the human hooter so big?
News
Environment
Cute prairie dogs are serial killers savaging ground squirrels
News
Life
Nature鈥檚 brain: A radical new view of evolution
Features
Health
Frozen rabbit kidneys could solve organ shortage for transplants
News
Health
Right-leg prostheses give sprint para-athletes an edge on bends
News
Environment
Aquatic plant that feeds like a Venus flytrap faces extinction
News
Mind
Rats learn to sense infrared in hours thanks to brain implants
News
Environment
A beguiling natural history of North America’s great forests
Everything from moose to pollen grains is lovingly described and illustrated in John Pastor's multilayered masterpiece of field science
Culture
Health
Florida one step closer to genetically modified mosquito trial
News
Health
Evolution acting on older dads is protecting our genetic health
News
Health
Cancer reversed in frogs by hacking cells’ electricity with light
News
Environment
Snapping shrimps make less noise in acidifying oceans
News