All Life on Earth Comes From One Single Ancestor. And It's So Much Older Than We Thought.
Life on Earth had to begin somewhere, and scientists think that “somewhere” is LUCA—or the Last Universal Common Ancestor.
There is a 'third state' between life and death
The death of an organism does not spell the end for its cells, according to new research. Cells have been shown to continue ...
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Scientists reprogram the code of life and invent a new organism 🧬
Researchers at Yale have achieved a major breakthrough in synthetic biology. They have rewritten the genetic code of an ...
Sex and money, now we're talking. It's about organisms maintaining their species
In biology and life, organisms have a basic drive to reproduce and every living thing needs energy. This is the topic for ...
Parasitic organism offers eco-friendly treatment for wastewater foaming
La Trobe University researchers have been studying the novel bacterium Mycosynbacter amalyticus —dubbed "microbial dark ...
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The world's largest living organism that's being slowly eaten alive
A colossal living organism, the Pando, faces an existential threat after thriving for millennia. Spanning 106 acres in the United States, between Las Vegas, Nevada, and Salt Lake City, Utah ...
Ancient marine organism's dual-layer structure reveals both past and present ocean environments
A new study led by an international team, including researchers from The University of Western Australia, has discovered that ...
Moment of Science: Biofluorescent Birds-of-Paradise
They're a spectacular sight in sunshine or shadow! Here's how birds of paradise use biofluorescence to their advantage. 🪶🟢 ...