An ancient and enormous organism called Prototaxites, initially found to be a type of fungus, may actually be an unknown ...

From sticky “flypaper” to lightning-fast suction, carnivorous plants have evolved various ingenious traps for finding the ...

In my last post, we looked at why willpower-based parenting resolutions fail. Intentional parenting offers a different approach: understand what needs aren't getting met, then build systems that ...

Viruses typically aren’t considered ‘alive,’ as many core biological functions are outsourced to their potential hosts. But a newly discovered organism appears to straddle the line between virus and ...

Global Fund Executive Director Peter Sands inspects boxes with lenacapavir during a visit to Eswatini’s Central Medical Stores. When I walked into Eswatini’s Central Medical Stores that morning, the ...

28 November 2025 by Peter Sands, Executive Director of The Global Fund When I walked into Eswatini's Central Medical Stores that morning, the first thing I saw were the boxes. They were stacked neatly ...

There are few hard and fast rules in the study of life, but perhaps the closest we get is the central dogma of molecular biology: DNA is transcribed to RNA, which gets translated into proteins. The ...

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Archaea represent a considerable fraction of the prokaryotic world in marine and terrestrial ecosystems, indicating that organisms from this domain might have a large impact on global energy cycles.

Even though the regular season for the Kansas City Chiefs doesn’t start until next month, those in Kansas City who fill their time watching football can get their fix by watching the preseason or the ...

Viruses typically aren’t considered ‘alive,’ as many core biological functions are outsourced to their hosts. But a newly discovered organism appears to straddle the line between virus and cell. Like ...