Autism-linked genes evolved rapidly in humans. They may have aided brain growth and language. A recent study published in Molecular Biology and Evolution by Oxford University Press suggests that the r ...

A team from the University of Illinois has uncovered surprising evolutionary links between the genetic code and tiny protein ...

Researchers discovered that certain human brain cells evolved unusually fast, altering autism-linked gene activity.

A chill in the air signals the start of a new academic year and the return of many University of Chicago students and faculty ...

Dr Lee Coffey’s research at SETU on gene therapies for a rare neurological disease was inspired by family circumstances.

From a distance, Biosphere 2 emerges from the cacti and creosote of the Sonoran desert like a gleaming oasis, a colony of ...

Oxford University Press; £9.99 James Lovelock, an English scientist, devoted the second half of his long life to exploring the idea of Gaia: that the Earth and the life that evolved on it worked in ...

Ant societies are built on scent. Pheromones guide the insects to food, warn them of predators, and regulate the rhythms of ...

Intersubgeneric hybridization barriers in water lilies have long impeded successful cross-breeding. A recent study identified ...

This research underscores how biology and computation are merging. Generative AI — already used to design proteins and ...

In a breakthrough that pushes the boundaries of synthetic biology, researchers have for the first time used artificial ...