Scientists have extracted the oldest RNA molecules out of a woolly mammoth, gaining a snapshot into the processes at work in ...

Despite cultural exchange and natural disasters, this lineage—the oldest evidence for which is a collection of 8,500-year-old ...

To search for even older RNA, Pour and his team focused on the permafrost regions of Siberia, where thawing soil has yielded ...

A quest to discover new antibiotics is taking a Cal Poly biochemistry research team back in time millions of years as they ...

Washington, DC— Pairing cutting-edge chemistry with artificial intelligence, a multidisciplinary team of scientists found ...

New research shows RNA is preserved for longer than scientists had realized. This is the oldest RNA ever profiled.

Ancient wetland earthworks in Bolivia reveal sustainable Indigenous land management that continues to inspire modern conservation. In Bolivia’s hidden tectonic lakes, researchers uncovered vast ...

Scientists believe they’ve discovered the remains of a secret entrance inside one of Egypt’s oldest pyramids after over 4,500 ...

Researchers have sequenced the oldest RNA ever recovered, taken from a woolly mammoth frozen for nearly 40,000 years. The RNA ...

Despite having plagued humans for millennia, typhoid fever is rarely considered a threat in developed countries today. But ...

Researchers discovered a prehistoric ecosystem filled with giant marine reptiles, revealing an unparalleled level of food web complexity. Predators that dominated the oceans 130 million years ago were ...

A massive crater has been detected beneath the Atlantic, which was the result of the impact caused by a 66-million-year-old asteroid.