The word "fail" usually implies that something went wrong. To fail a school exam decreases the chances of passing the course, and failing...

Bacteriophages are non-living yet specialized viruses that hijack cells to clone more viruses. In this way, they help to maintain balanced bacterial populations....

Hormones are small chemical switches that turn on or off different cellular systems. They are tissue-specific, most often produced by the tissue of one...

Although plants aren’t alive in the biblical sense,¹ they are most certainly complex in their physiology and anatomy.^2,3...

Much has been written regarding the critical importance of photosynthesis and how utterly complex this near-universal biochemical process is.^1,2...

The discovery of dozens of ichthyosaur fossils in Nevada was announced in the journal Current Biology.¹ Seven 50-foot long ichthyosaurs of...