A small fish that lives fast and dies young has given biologists a rare look at one of evolution’s oldest bargains. In the ...

Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Biology have discovered a remarkably streamlined strategy for developmental control in brown algae. They have shown that a single ARGONAUTE (AGO) protein ...

Activation of a specific part of the Dicer enzyme can change its shape in a way that affects its critical role in proper cell division, with implications for both cancer biology and fertility, ...

The way that Earth’s first animals reproduced held back life’s diversity for millions of years, until stress and competition ...