Living organisms share an ancestor called the last universal common ancestor, or LUCA. LUCA is estimated to have lived ...

Scientists call this speck LUCA — the Last Universal Common Ancestor. Since the concept of LUCA first emerged, it has ...

New research into "universal paralog" genes reveals that the Last Universal Common Ancestor (LUCA) was not the first spark of life, but a successor that inherited complex genetic tools from an even ...

"By following universal paralogs," says Kaçar, "we can connect the earliest steps of life on Earth to the tools of modern ...

The traditional explanation of the initial genetic code in life seems less established when ancient proteins seem to be recalling some other arrangement of amino-acids. A recent examination of protein ...

From Frank's RedHot to Hellmann's, AI already changed what we taste, but greater success in test kitchens will be harder for artificial intelligence to create.

Every organism alive on Earth, from oak trees to octopuses to the bacteria in our gut, belongs to a single extended family. Genetic evidence points back to one ancestral cell, a last common forebear ...

Scientists are rethinking how life began, with new research suggesting amino acids may have emerged in a completely unexpected sequence.

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Effective January 17, the framework protects unique marine biodiversity and ecosystems in areas beyond any individual country's jurisdiction ...

Many Bloodlines is a profound and intimate 2020 short documentary film directed by Canadian filmmaker Theolay Ross. Despite its concise running ...