New genomic research shows some Asgard archaea, ancestors of plants, animals, and fungi, tolerated and used oxygen. The finding supports the idea that complex life arose after oxygen levels surged and ...

Bacteria have evolved to adapt to all of Earth's most extreme conditions, from scorching heat to temperatures well below zero ...

Complex cells are thought to be the result of a union between two ancient microorganisms, but scientists have long been ...

Researchers analyzing a bacterium preserved in 5,000-year-old cave ice found resistance to 10 modern antibiotics and more ...

Researchers investigating the origin of complex life on Earth might have just made a major breakthrough. The origin of humanity and the planet Earth is probably debated more than whether the chicken ...

year-old microorganisms could add to the challenge of antibiotic resistance, but may also offer scientists help ...

For decades, experts have tried to explain how simple cells evolved into the complex organisms that make up plants, animals and fungi. While Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution describes how species ...

The newly discovered microorganism appears to show resistance to a dozen modern antibiotics, but it also inhibits the growth of other bacteria ...

Although the participation of spliceosomes is almost always required for intron removal, a few types of genes have ...

The threats of AI underline the urgency of a revolutionary, ecosocialist break with the civilisation of capitalist growth.