The Alien franchise spans millennia, weaving a complex narrative that begins in Earth’s distant past and extends far into the ...

Almost all living things share the same genetic code, and the origin of this code has long been a topic of scientific debate.

Despite awe-inspiring diversity, nearly every lifeform – from bacteria to blue whales – shares the same genetic code. How and when this code came about has been the subject of much scientific ...

Nearly all living organisms use the same genetic code, a complicated mechanism by which genetic information is translated into proteins, the building blocks of life. A new study suggests conventional ...

Revising genetic code evolution, this research uncovers early amino acid recruitment patterns and sulfur's significance for ...

Organisms that have evolved down “one-way” paths may lack the flexibility to respond to new selection pressures in particular ways and have to figure out new strategies to change. In lineages such as ...

I’m walking down the street, and I suddenly see a little stick, a piece of metal or a piece of plastic, and I see its beauty.

NASA has made a huge discovery: the ambipolar field, an invisible electric field around Earth that could reshape our understanding of our planet.

Earth's name, unlike other planets named after Greco-Roman deities, originates from Old English "eorþe," meaning soil or ...

We have only one example of biology forming in the universe – life on Earth. But what if life can form in other ways?