For the first time in a year, the U. S. -Mexico border partly reopened to cattle imports following a screwworm infestation across the region.
All known life on Earth uses the same genetic alphabet, consisting of four letters. Now, researchers at the University of California San Diego have demonstrated that one of biology's most essential enzymes can accurately read and transcribe an expanded, eight-letter genetic alphabet. The findin...
Governments must start preparing for Black Swan Events, says researcher Florian Ulrich Jehn
Chinese scientists have identified a genetic barrier that makes it hard to crossbreed African and Asian rice varieties – a discovery that could lay the foundations for creating high-yielding hybrids. While both Asian and African cultivated rice varieties have distinct strengths, crossing them of...
Following nearly 10,000 older women for 10 years, researchers found that tea drinking was associated with slightly higher hip bone density. Moderate coffee consumption did not appear harmful, but drinking more than five cups a day was linked to lower bone density. The findings suggest tea may o...
An Oxfordshire animal welfare charity says its Burford site is taking in 20 to 30 horses a month.