Laughing harder than your kids is impossible, but this animated adventure comes surprisingly close for parents watching ...

The bitter compounds in kale, broccoli and green tea are plant defence weapons — and the reason vegetables extend human life.

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How do microorganisms orient themselves to find the optimal habitat? Scientists have thoroughly investigated so-called ...

A tiny, aquatic, single-celled organism can contract to one-quarter of its body length in less than 5 milliseconds—hundreds of times faster than a human can blink. Researchers have discovered that the ...

Memory is foundational to our human experience. By tracking and storing our experiences, it helps us navigate the world and ...

It took two scientists decades to find a new nitrogen-fixing organelle. It could change the future of sustainable agriculture ...

How does a single cell build a brain with billions of precisely organized neurons? Researchers suggest that brain cells use their lineage—their cellular family tree—as a kind of positional map. Cells ...

Scientists say they have built a cell from scratch for the first time that feeds, grows and replicates like a natural cell, a breakthrough in synthetic biology.

Bridget Plude watched amoeba cells crawl forward through a microscope. Then, she noticed little structures trailing out behind them and wondered what they were. It was the start of a journey that led ...