We have long struggled to determine how the first living organisms on Earth came together. Now, surprising evidence hints ...

Researchers are using reaction networks and dynamical systems to study these hidden patterns in living systems: Reports ...

An archaeon reads the same codon in two different ways, overturning a doctrine that has stood for 60 years. Living organisms ...

Under a microscope, the newly described organism Solarion looks less like a cell and more like a tiny star, its body ringed ...

The microbe Pyrodictium abyssi is an archaeon—a member of what's known as the third domain of life—and an extremophile. It ...

When two cells "talk" to each other, they often do so through tiny channels called electrical synapses. Unlike chemical ...

Scientists have discovered that complex life began evolving much earlier than traditional models suggested. Using an expanded ...

A flash of bright orange on a rocky outcrop might not look like much, but for paleontologists it could be a beacon pointing ...

The interstellar object 3I/ATLAS is baffling scientists with its erratic speed and unusual light signature. A new preprint argues it's not a comet or asteroid at all, but a 'cosmobiont' — a highly ...

While not a Nobel prize-winning discovery in itself, this challenge to the reductionist view of physiology has links to several other winners ...

Moss spores survived an extended stay on the outside of the ISS and remained capable of germinating once back on Earth. Their resilience to vacuum, extreme temperatures, and UV radiation surprised the ...

The Evangelical-Baptist Church of Georgia offered a rare kind of stillness on the evening of 23 November, as the first ...