If I were to ask you what was unusual about Mosura fentoni, you probably wouldn’t know where to start. It looks a bit like a ...

Eighty years ago, physicist Erwin Schrödinger asked a deceptively simple question: What is life? In a series of lectures in ...

"My contention is that Earth may, if we are lucky and diligent and clever enough, grow an emergent superconsciousness." ...

Each cell has their own genetic code that helps maintain viability and directs function.  This genetic code is commonly referred to as deoxyribonuclei | Immunology ...

We’re not talking in a metaphorical sense. This bacterium quite literally acts like a living wire. Candidatus Electrothrix ...

Comb jellies "could repurpose [their] genetic toolkit in different ways like a Swiss knife," said the researchers.

Researchers have made a surprising discovery of Henneguya salminicola, a microscopic parasite residing in salmon muscles, as ...

The State of the World’s Seaweeds report shows that these organisms are a vital part of our planet, forming habitats that are relied on by animals and people alike. They have important roles to play ...

The duplication and division of cells is critical to keeping all multicellular organisms alive. But the opposite process is equally important: cell death.

Despite each member of this bacterial clan existing as a single-celled organism, none of them can survive that way. Instead, ...

The duplication and division of cells is critical to keeping all multicellular organisms alive. But the opposite process is ...