All complex biological systems—like the DNA, RNA and proteins constantly being copied and built within our cells—are prone to errors. That means as life evolved to be more elaborate, it also had to ...

Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games- Athletes Village (HARUMI FLAG). Image via Wikimedia Commons CC 2.0 Designed under intense time pressure and for a highly specific population, these environments reveal ...

A common type of error-correcting mechanism in biology is called kinetic proofreading. For example, if errors turn up when cells are making new DNA, enzymes can cut out incorrect nucleotides. They can ...

Discover 9 science museums in India every curious traveller should visit, from Bengaluru’s Visvesvaraya Industrial and Technological Museum to Kolkata’s Science City, offering interactive exhibits, ...

When the Massachusetts colony issued its own unredeemable paper money in 1690, it was with the promise that it would soon be ...

Many patients with metastatic cancers receive therapy that is initially highly effective, often resulting in complete remission. However, cancer cells have a remarkable capacity to evolve resistance ...

Primates of all stripes really love their crystals. Archeologists have found the shiny rocks at dig sites dating back as long as 780,000 years ago. Although, we are still not sure if our ancestors ...

For a long time, imagination was considered a human endeavor. When we’re children, we invent invisible friends and turn ...

In the rapidly evolving realm of genetics, the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) has ushered in new perspectives on therapeutic approaches and evolutionary processes. Traditional genetic ...

Neurons placed inside engineered living bodies built from frog cells self-organize, become active, and reshape movement ...

In a paper in Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments, researchers argue that a 7.2-million-year-old femur from the Azmaka site preserves a blend of traits consistent with an early, transitional ...