Scientists Slammed for Synthesising a Smallpox-Like Virus in the Lab
The dreaded smallpox virus was eradicated more than 40 years ago, but the threat of its return still looms.
The dreaded smallpox virus was eradicated more than 40 years ago, but the threat of its return still looms.
A new study seeks to correct this oversight, calling for an entirely new discipline known as “astrovirology.”
Scientists may have located an ancient oxygen oasis that existed prior to whatever event first oxygenated our atmosphere.
The answer could lie in environmental changes like warm weather and high humidity.
The death-predicting algorithm is not meant to replace doctors but offer a tool to improve the accuracy of prognoses.
Each year, newborn crabs make the perilous trek from the sea shore to the forests of Christmas Island.
Evolution used Tail Whip! It's not very effective...
An international team of researchers have analysed the poop from 308 men in an effort to better understand the functions of different microbes found in the gut.
There are many factors as to why the same experiment might produce two different sets of results—but a new review confirms that the experimenter’s gender could play an important role.
The remains of the 20-million-year-old bat could mean the island's ecological history is more diverse than previously thought.
Your body is just a crazy chemistry experiment.
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No it's a black hole.
Trehalose is a sugar that has been considered useful by the food industry thanks to its ability to withstand acids and high heat - and it could be increasing the severity of C. diff.
There are some shrimp species equipped with truly remarkable weaponry.
Shout out to Bangiomorpha pubescens.
"I don’t want to be considered a superheroine."
