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 ...

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 ...

Evolutionary biologist Colin Wright has sued Cornell University for allegedly excluding white candidates in hiring processes based on race. The lawsuit cites internal emails and other documents ...

Diffuse coevolution is also known as multi-species or guild coevolution. It occurs when several species collectively influence one another. An example is pollination systems in which plants interact ...

Against the backdrop of the global AI boom, how should Chinese enterprises navigate in the new landscape? During WAIC Up! 2026, held on January 16th, Fu Sheng, Chairman and CEO of Cheetah Mobile and ...

Tesla announced that it has produced the first Cybercab on its new production line in Austin. However, Cybercab's production start is irrelevant for now, as it cannot be legally sold. However, the ...

The last common ancestor of all living things did not just suddenly appear on Earth roughly 4.2 billion years ago. Some of its genes came from an even older and more mysterious source… "While the last ...

We humans have long viewed ourselves as the pinnacle of evolution. People label other species as "primitive" or "ancient" and use terms like "higher" and "lower" animals. This anthropocentric ...