Scientists have discovered Sukunaarchaeum mirabile, a unique archaeon residing within marine plankton, challenging traditional definitions of life. Th ...

For the first time, scientists have sequenced the oldest and complete DNA set of an ancient Egyptian man, dating to when the ...

Earlier archeological evidence has shown trade links between Egypt and Mesopotamia, as well as similarities in pottery-making ...

More than 4,000 years ago, Egypt and Mesopotamia stood as two of the most complex societies on the planet. But the new DNA ...

Cucumbers, a summer staple of salads and sandwiches, are a valuable commercial crop. They also have a less well-known role as ...

Proteins are the infinitely varied chemicals that make cells work, and science has a pretty good idea how they are made. But ...

This newly found organism doesn’t act like a virus or a cell, and that could change everything we know about biology.

A new study reveals that blocking ribosomal RNA production rewires cancer cell behavior and could help treat genetically ...

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