The tiny pantheon known as the Asgard archaea bear traits that hint at how plants, animals and fungi emerged on Earth.

The origins of complex, nucleated cellular life – everything from amoebas to humans – may date back a lot further in Earth's ...

Because they rely on hosts for a majority of functions, viruses aren’t considered alive. But entities like this one ...

With protruding appendages that each end in an orb, Solarion arienae vaguely resembles a cartoon Sun or a retrofuturistic ...

Scientists have discovered that complex life began evolving much earlier than traditional models suggested. Using an expanded ...

Technical advances allow researchers to trace the genetic changes that occur over time. “There were some cells in there that were very messed up,” says Joe Luquette, who studies bioinformatics at ...

When a queer Korean adoptee reunites with her birth mother in Seoul, long-buried cultural misunderstandings and unspoken regrets surface. With tenderness, humor, and determination, both mother and ...