Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The bacterium discovered in Yellowstone is what’s known as a thermophile, meaning that it can withstand immensely hot temperatures. But other types ...

An organism’s genome is a set of DNA instructions needed for its development, function and reproduction. The genome of a present-day organism contains information from its journey on an evolutionary ...

In Microbes from Hell, molecular biologist Patrick Forterre narrates the intriguing history of the discovery of archaea, single-celled microorganisms with no distinct nucleus that may have evolved as ...

Wherever we look on Earth – even in the most inhospitable places – we find life. But how do organisms manage to survive such difficult conditions? Lorna Dougan explains how physicists are helping to ...