Biologists mapping the human body have long assumed that every major kind of microscopic life inside us already had a place ...

Jackson Ryan was CNET's science editor, and a multiple award-winning one at that. Earlier, he'd been a scientist, but he realized he wasn't very happy sitting at a lab bench all day. Science writing, ...

If you have ever swum in the ocean, you have probably accidentally swallowed a mouthful of seawater at one time or another. In a post on TikTok, biology professor Adolfo Sánchez-Blanco, aka ...

From lemons to ham, salt is a handy food preservative. But researchers studying some really old salt crystals found them preserving something else - evidence of life. KATHY BENISON: There are little ...

In the ever-expanding universe of microscopic life, scientists have uncovered something that might force us to redraw the boundaries of what counts as “alive.” Meet Sukunaarchaeum mirabile, a tiny ...

From embryonic development in fruit flies to a Vermeer made of dog kidneys, the microscopic world has many awesome sights. Reading time 2 minutes Nikon just announced the winners of its 14th annual ...

The microscopic biological world is dark, and these dyes help to illuminate the biological processes with a microscope. TA: How do you use them to illuminate microscopic processes? Zhang: We designed ...

A new microscope just arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) to help study life's adaptability under extreme conditions using an innovative imaging technique. The Extant Life Volumetric ...