Around 1.7 billion years ago, eukaryotes—the building blocks of complex life—first appeared on Earth, and now scientists have ...
Our single-celled ancestor lived in a world without plants, animals or oxygen-rich oceans. Yet, this seemingly simple ...
A team led by researchers at the University of Texas at Austin has produced what may be the strongest evidence yet that the ...
Ancient microbes tied to our earliest ancestors could use oxygen, reshaping ideas about how complex life began on Earth.
How does a single cell reliably build one of the most complex structures known in nature? New research suggests the answer ...
Tom has a master’s degree in biochemistry from the University of Oxford and his interests range from immunology and microscopy to the philosophy of science.View full profile Tom has a master’s degree ...
A recent study by the University of Bonn and University Hospital Bonn and the University of Freiburg shows that the ...
A giant virus discovered in Japan is adding fuel to the provocative idea that viruses helped create complex life. Named ...
A microscopic creature from a boiling hot spring in Northern California has just reset the upper limit for how hot complex life can run. The newly described “fire amoeba” thrives at temperatures that ...