Talk about the extended family! A single-celled organism in Norway has been called "mankind's furthest relative." It is so far removed from the organisms we know that researchers claim it belongs to a ...

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Researchers have developed a new kind of genetic engineering that may be safer, with the power to make never-before-seen types of protein. By Francie Diep Published Oct 17, 2013 10:00 PM EDT Get the ...

In uncertain environments, organisms not only react to signals, but also use molecular processes to make guesses about the future, according to a new study. The authors report that if environmental ...

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In 1857, a young pediatrician named Theodor Escherich discovered what may very well be the most well-studied organism today. The rod-shaped bacterium named Escherichia coli, better known as E. coli, ...

This workshop explored what is known about successful models in scientific engagement with the public using genetically modified organisms (GMOs) as an example to focus the discussion. Geared for life ...

In a discovery that feels almost unreal, scientists have revived a microscopic organism that had been frozen in Siberian ...

I'm going to use a paper in today's Nature as a jumping-off point for a couple of discussions. The paper itself was pretty interesting, but I'll only summarize it here, and focus on some more general ...

Is it possible to know where you’ve been when you don’t have a brain? Depending on your definition of “know,” the answer may be yes. Researchers have shown that the slime mold, an organism without ...

Scientists continue to inch closer and closer to medical breakthroughs by tinkering with DNA. At the end of 2016, the CRISPR gene-editing tool was used for the first time on human cancer patients, and ...

Editor's Note: This article was first published at ScienceNordic. Scientists are increasingly interested in the prospect of solving a range of fundamental problems facing our civilisation by designing ...