All Life on Earth Comes From One Single Ancestor. And It's So Much Older Than We Thought.
Life on Earth had to begin somewhere, and scientists think that “somewhere” is LUCA—or the Last Universal Common Ancestor.
There is a 'third state' between life and death
The death of an organism does not spell the end for its cells, according to new research. Cells have been shown to continue ...
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LUCA Is Much Older Than Scientists Thought
The Last Universal Common Ancestor (LUCA), the theoretical single organism from which all life on Earth descends, is now ...
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Scientists reprogram the code of life and invent a new organism 🧬
Researchers at Yale have achieved a major breakthrough in synthetic biology. They have rewritten the genetic code of an ...
Sex and money, now we're talking. It's about organisms maintaining their species
In biology and life, organisms have a basic drive to reproduce and every living thing needs energy. This is the topic for ...
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What is a model organism? Moving beyond E. coli
With its speedy growth and adaptability, E. coli has spent many years at the top of the "model organism" list, with no signs of slipping. But E. coli is a blip in a rich microbial world ...
Moment of Science: Biofluorescent Birds-of-Paradise
They're a spectacular sight in sunshine or shadow! Here's how birds of paradise use biofluorescence to their advantage. 🪶🟢 ...