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A tiny blob in a dish has pushed one of biology’s oldest questions into new territory: When does inanimate chemistry become ...

This cell-like structure can grow, feed, divide and compete. Researchers ponder what it means for the future of synthetic ...

Aliza Chasan is a Digital Content Producer for "60 Minutes" and CBSNews.com. She has previously written for outlets including PIX11 News, The New York Daily News, Inside Edition and DNAinfo. Aliza ...

Living systems rely on molecules fitting together precisely. A key concept is chirality – many biological building blocks come in mirror-image forms, like left and right hands. Life on Earth mostly ...

There's something almost uncanny about walking into a science classroom and being able to gauge, within the first five ...

A church’s emergency response plan helped save a man who collapsed during Bible class. In the next 2 minutes and 57 seconds, one church member dialed 911 while others performed CPR and retrieved an ...

Parents spend the first 18 years of their kids' lives keeping them safe and meeting their daily needs. Ideally, they slowly wean them off of this protection, teaching them a few key life skills before ...