Scientists at Nagoya University in Japan have identified the genes that allow an organism to switch between living as single ...

Oxygen played a key role in the evolution of complex organisms, according to new research published in BMC Evolutionary Biology. The study shows that the complexity of life forms increased earlier ...

Scientists at Nagoya University in Japan have identified the genes that allow an organism to switch between living as single ...

A major event in the evolution of organisms on earth was the development of complex, multicellular life forms made of eukaryotic cells, which are thought to have come from prokaryotic cells. Studies ...

For billions of years bacteria dominated the globe, but at some point a major transition occurred and complex multicellular life began to take hold. The when and why of this transition has been the ...

Scientists at Nagoya University in Japan have identified the genes that allow an organism to switch between living as single ...

Nature is full of ordered patterns and structures, from the microscopic to macroscopic and even to the cosmic level. Many patterns form from pre-existing ones (prepatterns), such as in DNA replication ...

Researchers in Japan think they have found an answer to the fundamental biological question of how individual cells know which way to position themselves within a complex, multicellular body.

Across astronomy and astrobiology, a quiet but profound shift is underway. Instead of assuming the galaxy teems with ...