A spider species found only on the Canary Islands is forcing scientists to rethink long-held assumptions about how evolution ...

Gene-editing technologies show great promise for medical treatments and research, with the potential to cure thousands of ...

A new study from the multidisciplinary brain research center at Bar-Ilan University found that jellyfish and sea anemones ...

Humans began sleeping as a way to partly help reduce DNA damage in nerve cells, scientists at Bar-Ilan University in Israel ...

Ushikuvirus, an amoeba-infecting giant virus, joins the family of giant viruses that may have driven the evolution of complex ...

Reconstructed ancient enzymes reveal how cannabis evolved specialized cannabinoid production while offering new tools for biotechnology and medicine. Where do familiar cannabis compounds such as THC, ...

The origin of life on Earth becomes even more fascinating and complex as we peer into the mysterious world of viruses.

The conservation of genome regulatory elements over long periods of evolution is not limited to vertebrates, as previously ...

Long before modern medicine named and cataloged human herpesviruses, at least one of them was already quietly embedding ...

Jawbones and other remains, similar to specimens found in Europe, were dated to 773,000 years and help close a gap in ...

In jellyfish and sea anemones, neurons accumulate DNA damage while animals are awake and repair that damage during sleep.

DNA analysis shows strong ties to Early Bronze Age Sicily, with little influence from the eastern Mediterranean. There’s also ...