For the first time, scientists have directly measured “ultraweak” photon emissions from living organisms. In rats this glow fades rapidly after death. In plants it brightens under stress. In the ...

It’s a sacred sanctuary for bisons, wolves and countless birds. The Białowieża Forest is the last untouched forest in Europe. Not a single tree has ever been cut down there. Located between Poland and ...

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University of Nebraska–Lincoln's S. Kathleen Lyons is providing a new framework—Earth system engineering—for examining how organisms, including humans, have fundamentally altered ecosystems on a ...

If you could save lives by producing vaccines in transgenic bananas, would you? In the debate over large-scale commercialization and use of GMOs, where should we draw the line? Vaccines Tobacco ...

Organic biocrystals play crucial roles in biological processes and diseases, yet the molecular mechanisms of their formation remain poorly understood. Here, the authors reveal that hematin crystal ...

A team of researchers from Stanford University and the Arc Institute in Palo Alto, California say they’ve created viruses with AI-designed DNA that can target and kill specific bacteria. And these ...

The variability among living organisms on the earth, including the variability within and between species and within and between ecosystems. Biological diversity, often shortened to biodiversity, is ...

Sep. 20, 2025 — In Texas, biologists have documented an extraordinary bird — the natural hybrid offspring of a green jay and a blue jay. Once separated by millions of years of evolution and distinct ...

SINGAPORE – As a city-state at the intersection of migratory bird routes, Singapore faces a rising threat of tick-borne diseases, flagged a recent symposium here dedicated to the blood-sucking ...

Reference Our meteor showers 2025 calendar tells you everything you need to know about upcoming meteor showers, including where and when to see them. A cadre of iron-rich extraterrestrial particles ...