The newly described archaeon Sukunaarchaeum mirabile carries the smallest known genome among Archaea and blurs life’s limits.

According to this model, sigma (σ) factors bind to RNA polymerase to initiate transcription—the process by which genetic information is copied from DNA to RNA—and then detach after initiation to allow ...

The discovery of a rare fossil goose in an ancient Central Otago lake shows the evolutionary history of Aotearoa New Zealand ...

Thunder Rock Capital, LLC today announced a comprehensive rebranding and organizational realignment, marking a significant milestone in the firm’s evolution as a full service investment banking ...

There’s a hospital in Cleveland, Georgia where nobody’s ever had a bad diagnosis, the patients are always adorable, and you’ll actually want to witness a delivery. BabyLand General Hospital isn’t your ...

In this piece, I highlight one particular talk that caught my interest — given by Elana Fertig, Dean E. Albert Reece Endowed ...

Another symptom of the manosphere in Nepali politics is that it endorses violence, be it rhetorically, or equating it with leadership. By drooling over the violence spewed by them, instead of looking ...

Brooklyn has always been a place that celebrates the unusual and the unexpected, and The Bone Museum fits right into that tradition. This is a borough that’s never been afraid to be different, to ...

Explore how Earth would appear without life. Studies from Universe Today and Cornell University reveal atmospheric signals, surface conditions, and implications for exoplanet observations.

Humans don’t have a defined mating season like deer or wolves. Here’s how evolution blended biology, culture and social life into year-round intimacy.

Geneticists have a better understanding of how prehistoric pairings unfolded, with new research suggesting they were mostly ...

UChicago faculty were appointed to distinguished or named professorships on January 1. The Maroon sat down with eight of them ...