Tick-borne diseases are on the rise in the northeastern US, with many ticks carrying more than one pathogen, reports a recent analysis published in Ecosphere by researchers at Cary Institute of ...

Christine Dunham is a leading expert on the ribosome—an elaborate macro-molecular machine that operates like a factory within a cell to manufacture proteins. "The ribosome is really the most ...

Dr Simon Feldhaus, the chief medical officer of The Balance Rehab Clinic’s Swiss hub and the president of the Swiss Society ...

The theory of evolution by natural selection was first formulated in Darwin’s book “On the Origin of Species” in 1859. It describes how organisms change over time as a result of changes in heritable ...

We all have about 20,000 genes in our genomes. While this diversity is what makes the human experience so rich, our genetic differences can make things more difficult when it comes to medicine and the ...

As I reflect on a year of Quanta biology stories to decide which of the many excellent ones to recommend, I am relying on memory. But what exactly does that mean? “Memory” is a slippery word. It means ...

The biological world is always expanding as research is constantly being done. Because of this, many findings often fall under the radar despite having the potential to change the world. Here are some ...

Asian elephant Nhi Linh (foreground) is pregnant and due to give birth between mid-January and early March 2026 at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute. Male Spike ...

Dario Amodei, the C.E.O. of the artificial-intelligence company Anthropic, has been predicting that an A.I. “smarter than a Nobel Prize winner” in such fields as biology, math, engineering, and ...

Researchers are increasingly shifting from simple to complex models to better recapitulate diseases. As they move from immortalized cell lines to more physiologically relevant systems such as ...

The longest woolly rhino horn ever found is providing new insights into the lives of these now extinct animals. The horn — found preserved in Siberian permafrost — stretched over 1.6 meters, nearly ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Scott Hutcheson teaches leadership at Purdue University. Labor Day invites us to reflect on more than wages or time off. It is a ...