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Millions of years ago, the Earth was a barren, steamy ball over half a billion years ago, full of volcanic ash, vast oceans churning with chemical sou.

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 ...

In a new study, published in Cell, researchers describe a newfound mechanism for creating proteins in a giant DNA virus, comparable to a mechanism in eukaryotic cells. The finding challenges the dogma ...

In the oceans and on land, scientists are discovering rare, transitional organisms that bridge the gap between Earth’s simplest cells and today’s complex ones.

All animals, plants, fungi, and people may trace their family tree back to one tiny microbe that lived about 2 billion years ago. By comparing DNA from obscure, deep-sea microbes, scientists have ...

Scientists have identified a single-celled eukaryote thriving in the steaming pools of Lassen Volcanic National Park, challenging long-held beliefs about the thermal limits of complex life. Named ...

In our cells, 6 feet (1.8 m) of DNA gets crammed into chromosomes that fit inside a 6-µm-wide nucleus. The proteins that help pack up that genetic material are histones, which act as spools around ...

A bizarre bacteria has been discovered with an ability previously thought impossible for its kind. This strange discovery could shine a light on how some of our earliest single-celled ancestors formed ...