The world of protein engineering just took a giant leap forward. A team in China has developed a method that makes designing better proteins faster, cheaper, and easier.

It makes sense when you think about it, but that's why this study is so fascinating. The research proved that thumb length was tied to the neocortex, which is the part of the brain tied to thinking, ...

If you have spent time with an infant, you might recognize the scene: A child is wailing, inconsolable, and you, the parent, have to go to the bathroom. Or eat. Or attend to a pot that’s boiling over.

Recent breakthroughs in artificial intelligence have transformed protein structure biology from a data-limited discipline into a data-driven frontier of ...

An updated evolutionary model shows that living systems evolve in a split-and-hit-the-gas dynamic, where new lineages appear in sudden bursts rather than during a long marathon of gradual changes.

LIYAM CHITAYAT is a Hertz Fellow and MIT Ph.D. student in Computational Systems Biology. She has previously led biodefense ...

Evolution gave cheetahs unmatched speed, but at a steep cost. This deep dive explains how biology, ecology, and history left ...

Single-celled species that often stick together in colonies have researchers rethinking the origin of animals.

Researchers have found a consistent link between thumb length and brain size in primates. Scientists at the University of ...

A study led by Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz provides the first direct evidence that species that never interact can ...

Now a new study in Nature led by Harvard scientists reveals two key genetic shifts that remodeled the pelvis to help human ancestors become the upright bipeds ...

By tracing the genomes of nine brown algal species, researchers have shed light on the ancient origins, remarkable stability, ...