From mudstones on Mars to strange gases in exoplanet atmospheres, tentative evidence for extraterrestrial life is starting to come thick and fast. But when we've found it, how will we know for sure?

New laboratory studies could shed light on a rock containing potential signs of alien life that’s stranded on Mars ...

Overcoming acquired treatment resistance is one of the major challenges in the fight against cancer. While combination ...

The medical examiner's office investigates approximately 40,000 deaths per year in New York City. Its molecular genetics laboratory, founded by Dr. Yingying Tang in 2003, is the only one of its kind ...

Research shows how microbes quickly colonize fresh lava, revealing how life rebuilds itself and offering clues for life on ...

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit recently provided important clarity—and welcome relief—for clinical ...

Agriculture, from the outset, has been made possible by humans tweaking the genes of plants to make them grow faster, produce ...

ALS is a debilitating paralytic disease characterized as the death of upper and lower motor neurons. Fortunately, ALS is ...

The Chilmark Board of Health is expanding PFAS testing, also known as forever chemicals or per- and polyfluoroalkyl ...

ALS is a debilitating paralytic disease characterized by the death of upper and lower motor neurons. Fortunately, ALS is ...

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