"Adapt or perish, now as ever, is nature's inexorable imperative," wrote H. G. Wells. This principle—that survival requires ...

Adapt or perish, now as ever, is nature's inexorable imperative," wrote H. G. Wells. This principle - that survival requires change - was mastered ...

Evolution stands as one of the most robust theories in modern science, yet it remains shrouded in myths and misconceptions ...

After a finite number of divisions, cells simply give up. As each round of replication trims their telomeres—the protective ...

The protein, reverse transcriptase, has become an essential tool for making DNA copies of RNA.

After a finite number of divisions, cells simply give up. As each round of replication trims their telomeres-the protective ...

DNA replication is the biological process by which an exact copy of a deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) molecule is created and it is the basis for biological inheritance. Each of the two strands of the DNA ...

We have long struggled to determine how the first living organisms on Earth came together. Now, surprising evidence hints that poorly understood prions may have been the vital missing ingredient ...

Pyrrolysine is an important component of methyltransferase enzymes, which the archaea use to metabolize methylamine in the environment. “The need for that metabolism and availability of the machinery ...