In the unending war between plants and pathogens, our crops are usually on the defensive. The ubiquitous armies of bacteria, fungi, and viruses are constantly laying siege to the fields that feed the ...

What was once the paradigmatic catastrophe, the biblical flood, took forty days and forty nights; today’s exemplar is one big ...

Researchers have successfully extracted DNA from insects embedded within resin samples. This technique may eventually be used to retrieve older samples. The concept of extracting ...

For people living near the farms, being exposed regularly to pollution can cause major health problems, including asthma and ...

Many medications and other therapeutic agents, including antibiotics and cancer therapies, must enter cells to reach their ...

New antibiotics are not being developed quickly enough to keep pace with the rapid spread of superbugs, a new report from the ...

Men and women are different - you don't need me to tell you that. But what you might not realise is that those differences extend to the microbes in our gut.

Many of us have those frustrating tiny white bumps clustered around the eyes that won't budge no matter how much we cleanse ...

Some of the oldest puzzles in history involve “figuring out” people’s ages. They are found in ancient texts across cultures, demonstrating a long-standing fascination with imaginative and logical ...

Philippine police arrested dozens accused of hurling fire bombs and blocking roads near the presidential palace during clashes Sunday, while a separate anti-corruption rally stayed peaceful in the ...

The Trump administration's abrupt decision to slap a $100,000 fee on H-1B visas has stunned and confused employers, students and workers from the United States to India and beyond. Since announcing ...