Veronica Beagle is the managing editor for Education at Forbes Advisor. She completed her master’s in English at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. Before coming to Forbes Advisor she worked on ...

We now understand that genomes in all three domains of life produce functional RNAs that do not encode proteins (non-coding (nc)RNAs), but do exert important influences on diverse cellular processes.

Sometimes the right tool for the right job appears almost out of nowhere. That was certainly the case for [Jonathan] who came across an unusual but well-designed robot at a secondhand shop. The ...