The Perseid meteor shower is considered the "best meteor shower of the year," according to NASA. It can produce between 50 ...

Congenital heart disease affects approximately two in every 100 newborns globally. But why do they occur?An important part of the answer may lie in a ...

"These proteins act as molecular instructions that tell stem cells when and how to develop into heart muscle cells. However, ...

As cases surged in 2024 in Brazil, reports also emerged of deaths and babies born with microcephaly and other congenital ...

When a fish holds its position against a current in a river, its brain must figure out how fast to swim and how to steer to ...

A protein and signaling pathway may help overcome the developmental block that keeps some leukemia cells immature.

By tracking neural crest cells in catshark embryos, researchers discovered that the molecular toolkit behind face-building is surprisingly conserved across jawed vertebrates. The real differences ...

Chinese researchers have mapped the world's first complete spatiotemporal gene expression atlas of human embryos during the critical organ-forming period from four to eight weeks post-fertilization.

China's Tiangong space station now has six astronauts aboard following the docking of the Shenzhou 23 spacecraft early Monday morning, May 25, 2026 — a mission that marks two firsts simultaneously: ...

Hair, nails, and horns, all made up of keratin, are some of the hardest and most resilient structures in animals. Inside zebrafish cells, keratin plays a distinct role, giving them the strength they ...

China on Monday successfully launched the Tianzhou-10 cargo spacecraft from the Wenchang Space Launch Site, carrying not only supplies for the Chinese space station, but also an unprecedented study on ...