Australian and Dutch researchers have uncovered a remarkable evolutionary adaptation in birds that could hold vital clues for ...

Scientists from St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and the Medical College of Wisconsin have created a data science framework to better understand how cells travel through the body.

Researchers at the University of California, Irvine have developed a live-imaging system, Phollow, that tracks individual ...

A team of researchers has used advanced DNA sequencing to develop the most comprehensive atlas yet of genetic change through ...

Jef Akst was managing editor of The Scientist, where she started as an intern in 2009 after receiving a master’s degree from Indiana University in April 2009 studying the mating behavior of seahorses.

We show that leadership skill with artificially intelligent (AI) agents predicts leadership skill with human groups. In a large pre-registered lab experiment, human leaders worked with AI agents to ...

Even after receiving fantastic care, Lotierzo said his best friend, who was training for a Strongman Competition, is paralyzed from the chest down. "He does not have movement in his legs ...

"Based on cell biology 101 and textbook pictures of cells, you might think that we understand everything about a cell. But what's remarkable is that for no human cell type do we really have a ...

Next, a second group dissected that same brain region, dividing it into layers 1/400th the width of a human hair, and took pictures of each slice. Due to the delicate nature of the structure ...

Flemming Hansen and Mette Helbaek also left 158 barrels of human waste and sewerage now seeping into the nearby forest, The Guardian reported. Their staff claimed that several animals, including ...

Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev have developed a machine-learning algorithm that could enhance our understanding of human biology and disease. The new method, Weighted Graph ...

Tributes have been paid to a London-based scientist who formerly worked for the Royal Society of Biology (RSB) after he was found murdered in northern Colombia. Alessandro Coatti's remains were ...