Could aliens exist without DNA? Explore the complex role of DNA and its alternatives in the universe. As we uncover the ...

Pluribus’ latest episode shed light on where the Alien RNA came from. Additionally, the episode also revealed how The Others communicate and their intentions with everything that they’ve learnt on ...

NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission found ingredients for DNA and RNA on the asteroid Bennu. The discovery shows asteroids could seed planets with the precursors for life. It's also more evidence that life ...

Is it the invasion of the genome snatchers? Just in case the idea of aliens walking around in human skin suits wasn’t frightening enough. An outlandish study asserts that aliens might have abducted us ...

A team of engineers at the University of Florida has developed a new form of CRISPR technology that could make diagnostics ...

We’re celebrating 180 years of Scientific American. Explore our legacy of discovery and look ahead to the future. In 1957, just four years after Francis Crick and other scientists solved the riddle of ...