Deep in coastal mangroves and even inside our own mouths, biologists are finding that DNA does not always sit in a simple ...

Four billion years ago, Earth was violent, hot, and unstable. Yet new research suggests that by then, life had already reached a surprising level of complexity. At that time lived the last universal ...

A split-second stall at the start of genes may explain how complex animals evolved, according to the Cornell Chronicle. Researchers found that a brief “pause” in gene activity grew stronger and more ...