For the first time, scientists have used DNA preserved in ancient sediments to examine how a major natural disaster affected ...

For decades, ecologists have known that how a species looks or eats affects its environment. But a new study by researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, shows that social behavior ...

How many kids is too many, or too few, for your health? Science may finally have an answer, and it's not what you'd expect.

Geroscience examines the underlying biology of aging to delay chronic diseases and extend the healthy years of human life.

Alumni from Japan’s Kyoto Tachibana Senior High School marching band, widely known as the “Orange Devils,” staged a flash mob performance at the Grand Hotel in Taipei yesterday to thank Taiwan for its ...

Taiwan’s former national team head coach was reportedly removed from an AFC Women’s Asian Cup match in Sydney yesterday for cheering “Go Taiwan,” after organizers told fans to use the name “Chinese ...

Most lethal mutations in wild fruit flies are driven by newly transferred jumping genes, not small DNA errors, according to a new study from Duke University. The findings, published in PLOS Biology, ...

Research is shaking up how we think about evolution, suggesting there's a level of predictability influenced by genes and genetic history.

A French scientific team from CNRS Terre & Univers and CNRS physics has for the first time succeeded in modeling and characterizing the complete seasonal cycle of Titan's polar clouds.

A new study reveals that behavioral isolation between populations of Bahamas mosquitofish is driven primarily by the actions of females—not just through mating choice behaviors, but also through ...

Scientists have uncovered the oldest known genome of the bacterium responsible for syphilis, revealing a previously unknown lineage that existed thousands of years ago in the Americas.