A team of bioengineers at Harvard University's Rowland Institute has found two new ways to control a tiny creature, ...

The global birthrate has been in significant decline for decades. In the U.S., couples are deciding to have children later in ...

Researchers have found a new role for the transcription factor (proteins that regulate the transcription, or copying, of genes). In the fruit fly, this transcription factor, named Traffic Jam, ...

Fruit flies are already famous in science. They’ve helped researchers make discoveries in genetics, aging, and brain function. Now, scientists at UC Santa Barbara have found that fruit fly larvae have ...