Scientists are trying to understand how complex life emerged on Earth about 2 billion years ago. Our microbial ancestors could be the key.

The Evo2 genomic language model can generate short genome sequences, but scientists say further advances are needed to write ...

For decades, the basics of plant growth have been taught in grade school: Plants make their food out of water from the soil, light from the sun and carbon dioxide from the air in a process called ...

Tiny life forms tucked into debris from an asteroid hit could catapult to other planets—including Earth—and survive, a new ...

Tiny, tooth-sized fossils have just reshaped the story of our deepest ancestry. Paleontologists have discovered the southernmost remains ever found of Purgatorius—the earliest-known relative of all ...

USF students are working to give blood cancer patients a second chance at life, one cheek swab at a time. The Gift of Life ...

On Earth, life thrives in some of the most seemingly inhospitable environments. Single-celled organisms like bacteria teem in the hot springs of Yellowstone National Park, where temperatures reach ...

New Jersey’s only Saks Fifth Avenue location is among nine stores nationwide that will permanently shutter this spring. The closure comes as part of its parent company’s ongoing bankruptcy proceedings ...

After Republican criticism, a group that offers professional resources to judges withdrew a climate science chapter from its Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence. By Karen Zraick In a new attack on ...

After two years of layoffs and funding pullbacks, South San Francisco’s life science industry is showing stronger signs of a comeback— though more mega-rounds and less early-stage funding could ...