If microbes really are helping some cancers grow, resist treatment or spread, they could become new targets for screening and ...

Ancient evidence suggests a new twist in how we all got here.

Daphne Reckert and Ian Figueira are back to transform Daphne's massive 500-year-old chateau inherited from her grandfather.

Let’s begin with microbes A microbe is a very small, living organism that’s usually visible only under a microscope. Its name ...

We tend to view ourselves and the complex cells that build us as a distinct branch of the tree of life from the compact, seemingly featureless cells of bacteria and archaea. But we’ve found that our ...

They've survived for billions of years in boiling acid, deep-sea vents and salt flats. Now, some of Earth's oldest life forms—microbes called Archaea—are offering a new weapon in the fight against one ...

Last week, we looked at a new study of the origin of complex cells, one that showed that our ancestors’ genomes were pieced together from bits and pieces of multiple species. It put a spotlight on a ...

Reconstruction of the ancestral gene repertoire of eukaryotic cells reveals traces of a series of close, long-term interactions with diverse microorganisms, and a role of viruses in gene exchange. The ...