In a peer-reviewed analysis, scientists quantify amino acids before and after our “last universal common ancestor.” The last universal common ancestor (LUCA) is the single life form that branched into ...

Each station is to be capable of communication at a speed of 100 five-letter words per minute each way, during a daily ...

The origin of life on Earth has been mulled over by scientists for centuries. We now know that life’s building blocks are RNA, amino acids, and cells. But if life originated from the primordial ooze ...

In many submerged regions, murky mud shelters strange life-forms that seem to be the key to one of the biggest mysteries of life on Earth. These creatures belong to a domain of life called the archaea ...

How can animate life be formed from inanimate matter? It’s one of the most fascinating enigmas in science because, without this crucial first step, called abiogenesis, there would be no life on Earth.

Modern cells are complex chemical entities with cytoskeletons, finely regulated internal and external molecules, and genetic ...

MacEwan University provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA. MacEwan University provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA-FR. In the 11th century in Cairo, the foundations for ...