For centuries, humanity has wrestled with a profound question: what truly separates non-living matter from actual, breathing ...

From chemical building blocks, scientists have created synthetic cells that have most of the hallmarks of life.

Scientists built a synthetic cell that combines more lifelike properties than ever before — proof of concept that it’s possible to bring nonliving materials to life, or something close to it, in the ...

Nature is beautiful, powerful and essential. But nature is not always gentle. The same biological world that gives rise to ...

How many times have you wondered about the Big Bang and theory of how life on Earth as we know it, came to be? Or what the very first spark of life looked like? Scientists just took a giant leap ...

Created from 150 components, including lipids, ribosomes, enzymes, and DNA, in the lab. At the core of the design are 36 genes spread across seven circular pieces of DNA.

Tiny, quivering spheres designed to feed and multiply raise prospect of artificial organisms to make drugs, food and fuel ...

Got a nasty stomach bug that won’t go away? It could be cyclosporiasis, a parasitic infection that causes weeks of ...

Here’s how uMRD and CLL prognosis are linked, how doctors test for uMRD, and what achieving undetectable MRD means for your ...

Detached tissues from the sea cucumber's tube feet and feeding tentacles survived for more than three years, a find that could shape the study of aging.