Giant DNA viruses that infect eukaryotic cells are thought to have played a role in the evolution of life, according to the ...

“Expression tells us what cells do, but regulatory DNA tells us where they come from, how they develop, and which germ layer ...

Researchers from Kyushu University have developed an innovative computational method, called ddHodge, that can reconstruct ...

The discovery, published in the Journal of Virology in November 2025, adds weight to the viral eukaryogenesis hypothesis.

With copper-blue blood prized by modern medicine and a body plan older than dinosaurs, the horseshoe crab reveals how ancient ...

Scientists at Nagoya University in Japan have identified the genes that allow an organism to switch between living as single ...

Jellyfish and sea anemones display human-like sleep, supporting theories about sleep’s role in preserving neurons, even ...

Researchers discover that insect sex systems influence the speed of mitochondrial evolution, impacting biodiversity tracking ...

Living cells pay a hidden energy price not just to run chemical reactions, but to keep them on track and block all the ...