The watermelon has long inspired artists, such as Giuseppe Recco's Still Life With Fruit (1634-1695). The first color sketches of the red-fleshed, sweet watermelon in Europe can be found in a ...

The genome of a man who lived in Egypt over 4500 years ago offers a new window on the ancient society and hints at ...

A new study of ancient fossil trails pushes the origins of complex life deeper into Earth’s history, before the Cambrian Period began.

B alaji S Srinivasan, an Indian-origin tech entrepreneur, last year acquired a private island near Singapore to develop a new ...

The world's population is currently over eight billion, so it's no surprise that human perspectives on life and death would ...

Even if we stop adding harmful gases to the air, the effects of global warming will last a long time. Scientists think that ...

An international research team led by scientists from the University of Vienna has uncovered new insights into how ...

Plant scientists have used a standard "gene gun" since 1988 to genetically modify crops for better yield, nutrition, pest resistance and other valuable traits.

China's Tianwen-2 probe has commenced its decade-long deep space mission, capturing a stunning image of Earth and the Moon ...

The oldest known Egyptian DNA sample, from a man who lived between 4,500 to 4,800 years ago, offers new insights into the ...

More than 4,000 years ago, Egypt and Mesopotamia stood as two of the most complex societies on the planet. But the new DNA ...

Building blocks for flexible bioprocessing must also be easy to install and take little time to train operators.