DNA from Icelandic lava flows reveals how microbes move into a brand-new habitat, offering insights into early life on Earth ...

My studying three eruptions at the Fagradalsfjall Volcano in Iceland, the team was able to show predictable and rapid microbe ...

Genetic ancestry tests claim to trace your roots and connect you with ancient peoples—but experts say the science doesn’t ...

A DNA test showed me that theoretically I have links to a long list of countries – and that the way we look at belonging makes little sense, says Hugh Muir, executive editor, Opinion ...

Life has a way of bouncing back, even after catastrophic events like forest fires or volcanic eruptions. While nature's ...

Researchers at the University of Arizona have captured a rare process by which life claims a brand-new environment.

Most of you are probably very familiar with the JonBenét Ramsey case, but what you may have forgotten (or never even known) ...

Fresh lava looks like the last place anything could live, yet biologists are now finding microbial communities moving in ...

Hannah Fry visits South Korea to explore how it became a cultural and technological superpower. She trains with a Taekwondo blackbelt, learns the secrets of kimchi from a grandmaster, and dives into ...

Hidden in the Caribbean, this beautiful private island offers total seclusion, turquoise waters, and a reminder that true ...

On the roads, motor-vehicle deaths — which spiked during the pandemic — have now fallen for several years in a row: the ...

In this year’s review of Computer Weekly’s coverage of IT stories in continental Europe, we feature developments in the Netherlands, France, Norway, Sweden and Spain.