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George Church published a new paper in Astrobiology musing about how biology could aid in creating a pico-scale system that could potentially explore other star systems at next to no cost.

According to some criteria, viruses meet the basic definitions for "life"; according to others, they don't

Jillian Hamilton-Cooper was caught lying on her job application when she applied for a role at a secondary school in Bathgate, West Lothian. She claimed she was a principal teacher of the science department.

In the four years since an experiment by disgraced scientist He Jiankui resulted in the birth of the first babies with edited genes, numerous articles, books and international commissions have reflected on whether and how heritable genome editing – that is, modifying genes that will be passed on to the…

Biology teacher Laura Russo, 55, from New York, US, administered a dose of the Johnson and Johnson vaccine to her son's 17-year-old friend on New Year's Eve in 2021

What if life isn't calculating, but more akin to a "puppy running amok," accidentally destroying its own habitat?

Neuralink, the biotechnology company co-founded by Elon Musk, has been accused of animal cruelty and is under federal investigation in the United States for potential animal welfare violations.

Booger transplants, anyone?

Scientists found a way to manipulate the glue that connects cells, a technique that could help treat elusive diseases like cancer.