Researchers have devised a new tool for discerning between naturally occurring viral outbreaks and those resulting from lab ...

A new University of California San Diego study published in Cell challenges a long-standing assumption about how animal viruses become capable of sparking human epidemics and pandemics. Using a ...

By simulating the life cycle of a minimal bacterial cell—from DNA replication to protein translation to metabolism and cell ...

Inside each of your cells lies a nucleus, its master command center. Protected inside each nucleus are your chromosomes, ...

Most people know only two things about the appendix: You don’t need it – and if it bursts, you need surgery fast. That basic ...

If having a stomach ache were a free pass to drive like a rocket, an Orlando woman might have had a case — but police say ...

In little moments like when sipping coffee or licking an ice cream cone, it doesn't seem like your body is pulling off a biological miracle. But it is. That cookie is not you-yet when you put it in ...

Scientists analyzed the urine of wild chimpanzees who'd feasted on fallen fruit to see how much alcohol they consumed from the fermented sugars.