The being in question is a microbe called Sukunaarchaeum mirabile. Preliminary research says it stretches the definition of ...

In the vast and often unseen world of microscopic life, a recent discovery may force scientists to rethink what it means to ...

In the frozen reaches of the planet—glaciers, mountaintops, and icy groundwater—scientists have uncovered strange ...

As kitten season continues to be overwhelming, I’m sure that those of you caring for the little ones have become aware that ...

It has genes for ribosomes, tRNAs, and mRNAs. These components are the scaffolding of life: the tools by which cells read ...

Scientists have discovered that the bacteria behind Lyme disease and anaplasmosis have a sneaky way of surviving inside ticks ...

The ability to analyze gene expression at the single-cell level—known as single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq)—has ...

Like all complex organisms, every human originates from a single cell that multiplies through countless cell divisions.

Single-celled organisms called archaea aren't generally thought to cause human disease, but one species has been implicated in colorectal cancer ...

A better understanding of human smell is emerging as scientists interrogate its fundamental elements: the odor molecules that ...

Scientists have created a near-copy of the long-extinct dire wolf. Using advanced CRISPR gene editing tech, it now looks ...