You may know the Insect Asylum as a quirky storefront in Logan Square where you can explore a whole underrecognized phylum and boop a possum snout all in the same day, but its coolness goes even ...

Back from the brink. Under a microscope at Chester Zoo, UK, a greater Bermuda snail (Poecilozonites bermudensis) awaits its ...

Scientists are trying to understand how complex life emerged on Earth about 2 billion years ago. Our microbial ancestors could be the key.

Acurx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.  ("Acurx" or the "Company"), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing a new class of antibiotics for difficult-to-treat bacterial infections, today announced ...

Ars Technica has been separating the signal from the noise for over 25 years. With our unique combination of technical savvy and wide-ranging interest in the technological arts and sciences, Ars is ...

All insects belong to the phylum Arthropoda. But unlike other arthropods—like lobsters, spiders, or millipedes—insects have three pairs of jointed legs, segmented bodies, an exoskeleton, one pair of ...

Scientists are trying to understand how complex life emerged on Earth about 2 billion years ago. Our microbial ancestors could be the key.

Acurx's Program in the Broader CDI Patient Population is Ready to Advance toPhase 3 International Clinical Trials Acurx is launching a ground-breaking clinical trial ...

When we returned from our vacation in Costa Rica, the travel company asked us to rate our guide who accompanied us during the week-long tour. Mary Ellen and I agreed he was “for the birds.” ...

A new hypothesis proposes that our ancestors lost their eyes, then rebuilt them.

the building's return is not just important for its nostalgic value: it's also a key ...

Common names for animals are often easier to remember than their Latin names, but they can often lead to confusion. Here are ...