A vast stretch of islands across the South Pacific holds one of the oldest human stories on Earth. For tens of thousands of ...

Is it possible to study the history of viruses that emerged several hundred million years ago? An international team of INRAE ...

Evolution, a new five-part series tells the extraordinary story of how life on Earth has changed over more than four billion ...

All living organisms are known to inherit genes, DNA sequences that contain instructions for producing specific proteins and ...

An ancient-DNA analysis of the bones of two members of the Renaissance Medici family has confirmed they had malaria when they ...

In cancer research, one person's junk is increasingly becoming another person's treasure. Scientists have now uncovered new evidence showing how recently evolved "junk DNA" genetic elements can become ...

A prototype cell partly capable of replicating itself has been created using 36 existing bacterial genes, but it's not really ...

James from TheGamingBeaver floods a giant Jurassic lagoon with creatures for an enormous battle royale in Jurassic World ...

Scientists built a synthetic cell that combines more lifelike properties than ever before — proof of concept that it’s possible to bring nonliving materials to life, or something close to it, in the ...

From simple chemicals to a cell-like system that grows and reproduces, researchers have crossed a major milestone. The ...

Far beneath the surface of the ocean lies the largest and least explored habitat on Earth. The deep sea is cold, dark, highly ...

The latest discovery of nucleotides on an asteroid is making scientists rethink the story of how life got going ...