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The microbiologist spent years moving labs and relishing solitude. Then her work on gene-editing thrust her into the scientific spotlight.

Molecule that controls flowering time misfolds when expressed in yeast.

Fossils found in the Panama Canal are the oldest evidence of monkeys in North America.

Lab-made antibodies could produce high-volume, high-quality snakebite treatments.

But questions about the role of brain chemistry in depression may prevent the findings from spurring drug development.

Technological change is accelerating today at an unprecedented speed and could create a world we can barely begin to imagine.

Fetal tissue may prove crucial to probing link between virus and birth defects.

Policy statement aims to halt missteps in the quest for certainty.

Scientists are designing cells that can manufacture drugs, food and materials — and even act as diagnostic biosensors. But first they must agree on a set of engineering tools.