Slow editing of protein blueprints leads to cell death, spliceosome study discovers
An international research team has uncovered a new mechanism crucial to the production of cellular proteins. When this ...
Q&A: Holobiont biology, a new concept for exploring how microbiome shapes evolution of visible life
Microorganisms—bacteria, viruses and other tiny life forms—may drive biological variation in visible life as much, if not ...
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Two Artists Seek Out the Ancient Wisdom of Trees
Tiffany Shlain and Ken Goldberg pay homage to the ongoing human quest for knowledge by documenting its evolution through ...
Origin of Life Breakthrough: New Research Shows Gamma Radiation Can Create Life’s Building Blocks From Simple Gases
Gamma radiation transforms methane into glycine and various other complex molecules. A research team reports in the journal ...
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A formula for life? New model calculates chances of intelligent beings in our Universe and beyond
The chances of intelligent life emerging in our Universe -- and in any hypothetical ones beyond it -- can be estimated by a new theoretical model which has echoes of the famous Drake Equation. This ...