The world鈥檚 oldest algae fossils are a billion years old, according to a new analysis by earth scientists at 苹果淫院. Based on this finding, the researchers also estimate that the聽basis...
Learning from others and innovation have undoubtedly helped advance civilization. But these behaviours can carry costs as well as benefits. And a new study by an international team of evolutionary...
Shipping and mining in the Arctic. The spread of invasive microbial pathogens around the world. Changing agricultural practices. Use of genomic-modification tools. Those are among the 14 most...
The distinctive 鈥渇ecal prints鈥 of microbes potentially provide a record of how Earth and life have co-evolved over the past 3.5 billion years as the planet鈥檚 temperature, oxygen levels, and...
An analysis of sulfide ore deposits from one of the world鈥檚 richest base-metal mines confirms that oxygen levels were extremely low on Earth 2.7 billion years ago, but also shows that microbes were...
Birds originated from a group of small, meat-eating theropod dinosaurs called maniraptorans sometime around 150 million years ago. Recent findings from around the world show that many maniraptorans...