Check out Python’s powerful new linters and profiling tools, and learn how virtual environments can save you time and trouble. Meta’s long-awaited Pyrefly linter is out in a 1.0 version, and the ...

Thomas Mulligan examines the profound biological transformations and chromosomal shifts experienced by explorers venturing beyond Earth's atmosphere. North Queenslanders say what they think of Pauline ...

What happens when you give AI coding agents a lab full of robotic arms, some compute resources, and a “generous token budget” for teaching the robots various tasks? The agents can apparently figure ...

This study abroad program is designed to explore the intersection of genetics, culture, ethics, and public policy in a global context. London and Scotland offer uniquely rich educational environments ...

A routine experiment with a new single-cell DNA sequencing method turned into a surprising scientific twist when researchers stumbled upon a bizarre genetic code in a microscopic pond organism.

It was mid-October, peak leaf-peeping season in Hanover, New Hampshire, and Chad Markey was on a rare break between clinical rotations during his last year of medical school. He should have been ...

Researchers at the University of Oregon have developed an artificial intelligence tool that can read genetic code the way large language models like ChatGPT read text. Scanning the genome for ...

Scientists at Houston Methodist Research Institute have discovered that a fast-rising strep bacterium comes in more forms than expected, including ones that may lead to life-threatening infections.

The asteroid Ryugu imaged by the Hayabusa 2 spacecraft in 2018 JAXA / Kevin M. Gill via Wikimedia Commons under CC-BY-2.0 The asteroid Ryugu, millions of miles away from Earth, might not look that ...

A new study reveals all five fundamental nucleobases – the molecular “letters” of life – have been detected in samples from the asteroid Ryugu. Asteroid particles offer a glimpse into the chemical ...

Scientists at UC Berkeley have discovered a microbe that bends one of biology’s most sacred rules. Instead of treating a specific three-letter DNA code as a clear “stop” signal, this methane-producing ...