A Cornell-led study is challenging a decades-old explanation for how chromosomes exchange genetic material within the biological process that forms eggs and sperm in mammals.

Mendel Uminer faced a crisis when his landlord objected to the 10,000 volumes in his New York studio apartment.

Until about 60,000 years ago, diminutive hominin cousins, Homo floresiensis (affectionately nicknamed Hobbits for obvious ...

Living at altitudes with less than half the oxygen at sea level, these mice have adapted to their environment in unique ways ...

Modern life depends on quantum physics. It makes technologies such as GPS navigation, MRI scanners and computer chips possible. Now, the same science may also lead to a new way to test the health of ...

Amro Hamdoun is a marine biologist at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography. He received his bachelor's degree ...