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When I explain my research interests to new acquaintances, I’m often asked questions like “what would you do if you met a ...

Environmental DNA contained in a small sample of water, sand or even air can reveal the presence of people, wildlife and ...

Having the right conditions and raw material for life does not mean that life can originate or arise by chance.

Researchers have spent decades-and billions of dollars-sequencing animal and crop genomes, but fungi have historically been the forgotten middle child of genomics, only noticed when they're ruining ...

What makes something alive? We simply don't know, but synthetic biologists are a step closer to providing an answer thanks to ...

Scientists have built a synthetic cell from scratch in a world-first breakthrough that paves the way for creating entirely ...

In cancer research, one person's junk is increasingly becoming another person's treasure. Scientists have now uncovered new evidence showing how recently evolved "junk DNA" genetic elements can become ...

Fungi have given medicine some of its biggest breakthroughs, from penicillin to cholesterol-lowering statins, yet most of the ...