Many insect species hear using tympanal organs, membranes roughly resembling our eardrums but located on their legs.

A 410-million-year-old fossil shows ancient lichens were shaping Earth’s surface long before forests took root.

Scientists discovered that baker’s yeast can survive harsh Mars-like conditions, revealing how simple life forms adapt under ...

Could yeast and humans be any more different? Going by looks alone, probably not. But peering into our genomes reveals ...

Scientists have already created designer viruses in a lab that can kill dangerous bacteria. The next step is designing and ...

Signals from the plant cell wall help to orchestrate growth, reproduction and immune function. Can harnessing this molecular ...

Memristors — short for “memory resistors” — are the brainlike workhorses of neuromorphic computing, capable of learning from ...

How one woman went from a severe alopecia areata diagnosis to finding the right prescription treatment for her—and getting ...

While molds are the primary concern for plant and dairy spoilage, bacteria are the main agents of meat decomposition.

Arabidopsis thaliana was always an unlikely candidate for the limelight. But 25 years ago, the diminutive thale cress ...

The brewing process takes raw cereal grain – usually from barley – and converts its starch and proteins into simpler chemicals by malting. Brewers initiate this process by adding water, which wakes ...

Look around. You see buildings, concrete, trees, shrubs, people, pets, and more. Our eyes — fitted with lenses that filter ...