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At about 2 centimeters in length, Thiomargarita magnifica tests scientists’ notions of how large microbes can grow.

Assumed to have gone extinct more than 30 years ago, Gasteranthus extinctus has been rediscovered by scientists working in Ecuador.

What do scientists know about this membraneless nuclear body discovered less than two decades ago?

Discovering a new type of subnuclear body taught me how pursuing the unexpected can lead to new insights—in this case, about long noncoding RNAs and liquid-liquid phase separation in cells.

The protist Rhodelphis limneticus bears little resemblance to its close genetic relative, red algae.

In Chapter 13, “The Final Assault,” author Venki Ramakrishnan relays the moment when he and collaborators finally solved the structure of a ribosomal subunit.

See footage from the expedition that discovered a coral reef hiding beneath the massive muddy plume at the mouth of the Amazon River.

A high-school student makes an unprecedented duck-billed dinosaur find in Utah.

Meet the bacterium that pulls gold ions out of solution and forms tiny nuggets of the precious metal.

In Chapter 1, “A Theory,” author Aaron James constructs a working definition for the type of person that earns the ignominious moniker.

Can a vexing sense of entitlement actually aid in the pursuit of knowledge?