For the first time, research shows that a key social trait in honey bees is linked to measurable physiological advantages that can improve colony survival. A study published on the bioRxiv preprint ...

Scientists are trying to understand how complex life emerged on Earth about 2 billion years ago. Our microbial ancestors could be the key.

Late in 2025, we covered the development of an AI system called Evo that was trained on massive numbers of bacterial genomes. So many that, when prompted with sequences from a cluster of related genes ...

The DNA foundation model Evo 2 has been published in the journal Nature. Trained on the DNA of over 100,000 species across ...

Smithsonian researcher Sarah Johnson studies bison specimens to understand how the species’s genetic diversity changed after its decline ...

Vegetative propagation is the backbone of commercial chrysanthemum production, yet large differences in rooting ability among varieties continue to ...

A single genetic “switch” may be the secret to how the body’s cleanup crew grows up and keeps our organs running smoothly.

Award‑winning microbe‑edible mulch film positions Bumigro as a leader in sustainable ag innovation at the 2026 World Ag ...

Papaya (Carica papaya L.) is a globally important tropical fruit valued for its nutrition and medicinal properties, yet its genetic diversity has ...

The SNP is close to winning a majority of MSPs at the Holyrood election in May despite "voter disillusionment" with the party's 20 years in power, a new poll has found. A survey out today by More in ...

We need more light, less heat’. ‘We must support the most vulnerable group in society.’ These are two of the most common, largely meaningless assertions made in the ‘gender wars’, by proponents of ...

An EEG (electroencephalogram) is a painless test that uses small sensors placed on the scalp to measure the brain's ...