Bacteria wouldn’t be so bad if we could tell them what to do. “Stop spreading! Stop sticking together! Stop fending off our antibiotics!” A new method is starting to allow
Nothing sends a shiver down the spine like finding a tick latched onto your skin after a hike. But beyond the nausea-inducing idea of being host to a blood-sucking parasite,
Before now, one of the few ways to date the Dead Sea Scrolls was through palaeography (the study of handwriting) and radiocarbon dating. These methods place the age of the
Earth has experienced five documented mass extinctions to date. With the sixth extinction around the corner, scientists are looking to the past to try and understand how life continues on
In September 2023, a strange seismic signal rippled across global monitoring stations. Every 90 seconds, for nine days straight, the Earth subtly pulsed — and then it happened again a
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 122, Issue 21, May 2025. SignificanceA long-standing challenge in primordial nonenzymatic RNA copying chemistry is the biased incorporation of C and G
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 122, Issue 21, May 2025. SignificanceCellular responses to external stress conditions involve activation of signaling cascades, which act via effectors to govern
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 122, Issue 21, May 2025. SignificanceReciprocal evolutionary change between interacting species, or coevolution, is a key diversifying force that has influenced the
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 122, Issue 21, May 2025. SignificanceOur research shows that ecoevolutionary outcomes depend not only on whether mutations occur but also on how
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 122, Issue 21, May 2025. SignificanceAntigen-presenting cells (APCs) function by binding peptides generated from endocytosed antigens and expressing these peptides on the
