Genes are the building blocks of life, and the genetic code provides the instructions for the complex processes that make organisms function. But how and why did it come to be the way it is?

Despite awe-inspiring diversity, nearly every lifeform – from bacteria to blue whales – shares the same genetic code. How and when this code came about has been the subject of much scientific ...

A new study brings scientists closer to uncovering how life began on Earth.

A new theory that explains why the language of our genes is more complex than it needs to be also suggests that the primordial soup where life began on earth was hot and not cold, as many scientists ...

Scientists at UCL have demonstrated how ribonucleic acid and amino acids could have spontaneously linked together four ...

New findings show how thioesters could have been built, an important step to providing the energy needed for protein ...

Just as no serious business today can operate without an internet strategy, no life sciences organization will remain ...

Sweetpotato, a critical food crop for millions, has finally had its genetic code fully decoded after decades of mystery.