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Billion-year-old rocks reveal traces of ancient life
CNN via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA recent discovery of organic compounds in billion-year-old ancient rocks in Australia helps illuminate the early history of eukaryotes, according to a...
Prokaryotic vs. Eukaryotic Cells: What's the Difference?
HowStuffWorks via Yahoo News· 8 months agoProkaryotic cells are like single-room efficiency apartments while eukaryotic cells are like...
This Eyelash-Sized Bacteria Is the Largest Ever Found
Popular Mechanics via Yahoo Finance· 2 years agoA bacterium first discovered in 2009 grows to over a centimeter long. Its huge size and interior...
Relatives of the 1st mitochondria may be living in geothermal hot springs today
Live Science via Yahoo News· 10 months agoIllustration of mitochondria cross-section. More than a billion years ago, one simple cell ended up...
Were viruses around on Earth before living cells emerged? A microbiologist explains
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMaybe the first life on Earth was part of an 'RNA world.' Artur Plawgo/Science Photo Library via...
Scientists discover way to deactivate plants’ ‘kill switch’ that could prevent them from dying under...
The Cool Down via Yahoo News· 8 months agoResearchers at Michigan State University have identified a new pathway inside plant cells that could...
What is the smallest animal ever?
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 3 months agoThe world's smallest frog can fit on a dime. E.N. Rittmeyer et al. (2012) Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d...
CRISPR gene editing: Moving closer to home
Knowable Magazine via Yahoo News· 5 months agoWith the first medical therapy approved and systems like CRISPR-Cas showing up in complex cells, there’s a lot going on in the genome editing field....
Clever DNA tricks
Knowable Magazine via Yahoo News· 12 months agoAs cells divide, they must copy all of their chromosomes once and only once, or chaos would ensue. How do they do it? Key controls happen well before...
How exotic alien life could thrive in the giant molecular clouds of deep space
Space via Yahoo News· 7 months agoAn astronomer has outlined a way for methane-producing life to thrive in the molecular clouds of...
