The human body has always been crowded with microscopic passengers, from bacteria to viruses and fungi. Over the past two ...

An international team of researchers, led by the University of Queensland and Imperial College London, has proposed a new ...

You don't have to be a genius: anemones have been using human genes to form their bodies for 600 million years.

Researchers find obelisks, mysterious RNA molecules in human bacteria that challenge our understanding of viruses and ...

Exclusive: Some scientists say many detections are most likely error, with one high-profile study called a ‘joke’ ...

The human body is extraordinarily complex, with several openings and a few exits. But exactly how many holes does each person have? It sounds like a simple enough question to answer — list the ...

A human study reveals how naturally occurring fat-derived molecules help switch off inflammation. Researchers at (UCL) have identified an important biological process that helps the body bring ...

Ultra-endurance athletes can push their bodies to extraordinary extremes, but even they run into a hard biological wall. Researchers tracked ultra-runners, cyclists, and triathletes over weeks and ...

A multidisciplinary team has uncovered a key mechanism that allows the human bacterium Mycoplasma pneumoniae—responsible for ...

I grew up in rural Colorado, deep in the mountains, and I can still remember the first time I visited Denver in the early 2000s. The city sits on the plain, skyscrapers rising and buildings extending ...