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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 ...

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DNA is contained in each cell of every plant, animal, fungus and microbe. It carries the genetic instructions needed for an organism’s survival, growth and function, and the DNA of each species is ...

Jerry O’Connell and Rebecca Romijn’s twin daughters are the spitting image of their parents as they stepped out for a rare red carpet outing. In a Wednesday Instagram post, the “Tomcats” star, 52, ...

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Thomas Mulligan explores the fascinating biological secrets of a prehistoric forest network that stands as the most ancient living thing on our planet. Coffee found to have startling effect on aging, ...

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.