Carl Woese, the discoverer of the third domain of life, has passed away at age 84.
Carl Woese, the discoverer of the third domain of life, has passed away at age 84.
There's a lot more than dirt to the soil in which plants grow.
Patterns of cell death aid in the formation of beneficial wrinkles during the development of bacterial biofilms.
In the final chapter of his book on the origins of vertebrate sex, author and paleontologist John Long pays homage to the humble placoderm, which got the erotic ball rolling.
Life's Ratchet, The Annotated and Illustrated Double Helix, The Fractalist and Hallucinations
Scientists set up a stakeout to track the movements of microbes around a new hospital.
Doctors turn to good microbes to fight disease. Will the same strategy work with crops?
The rise of copulation as a vertebrate reproductive strategy may have driven crucial evolutionary change and explosive species radiation.
Searching for life beyond our teeming planet has led to some innovative collaborative approaches to generating knowledge right here at home.
Just 3 days after five people involved in the polio vaccine effort in Pakistan were shot by unidentified assailants, three more are killed.