DNA synthesis is going global. The biosecurity rules aren’t keeping up.

A closeup look at colibactin’s structure reveals chemical motifs that guide its mutation-wreaking “warheads” to specific stretches of DNA.

Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the oldest and deadliest infectious diseases we know. It commonly impacts the lungs, but can also affect other areas of the body like the spine, brain or kidneys.

High in the Ecuadorian Andes, at altitudes thousands of meters above sea level, humans face environmental pressures very ...

Whether you turn red when drinking alcohol, dislike certain smells, or metabolize drugs differently from others, the ...

Proteins are essential biological molecules that perform a vast array of functions crucial for life, from catalyzing biochemical reactions and transporting molecules to providing structural support ...

They built a cassette tape of DNA big enough to store every song ever recorded. In traditional DNA storage, all the data is mixed together. That’s why it’s so hard to retrieve it. To read one piece of ...

The duo discusses the challenges of the complicated language and action that characterize the series.

The death of Pope Francis brought change to the Catholic Church, which counts 1.4 billion adherents and is now led — for the ...

The coming era of biosecurity will demand a broader and more adaptive approach as AI, powerful biological engineering ...

A Chicago man was convicted in London for the murder of a UK woman he dated, involving a dispute over STDs and culminating in ...

Five Nights At Freddy’s 2 has been flying red flags ever since it was first announced, and it crawls under the low bar that has been set for it. In broad strokes, it is wildly dull, with its only ...