Our single-celled ancestor lived in a world without plants, animals or oxygen-rich oceans. Yet, this seemingly simple microorganism took the first steps toward complex life. From this ancestor emerged ...

Hydrothermal activity detected for the first time in the underwater volcano between Tenerife and Gran Canaria. Experts issue warning.

The molecular building blocks that make up the cells of humans, animals and plants so sophisticated appear to be older than scientists previously ...

The origin of the nucleus remains hotly debated among scientists, but new imaging and genomic data are shedding light on this billion-year-old mystery.

In Michigan Tech's biology teaching lab, undergraduate students research potential cancer cures with help from the humble worm.

On the first Friday of February, hundreds of Bates students plunge into the freezing depths of the Puddle. It is one of the College’s most iconic traditions. Yet many students choose not to ...

Try searching for your own micrometeorites by collecting particulates from roofs or drain spouts. Use a magnet to see if any particles are attracted, and discard nonmagnetic ones. Use your microscope ...

In this video I invite you to play a quick game of What’s Under My Microscope with me in my classroom. Using a digital microscope, I zoom all the way in on three mystery objects, from easy to hard, ...

In this video I invite you to play a quick classroom game called Whats Under My Microscope. I zoom in on three mystery objects and challenge you to guess what they are before I reveal the answers. You ...

Should you ever find yourself playing a trivia game on the topic of moths and butterflies, here are a few facts that might help. Collectively called Lepidoptera, moths and butterflies account for ...

GE Aerospace (NYSE:GE) is one of the stocks Jim Cramer put under the microscope. A caller asked Cramer what he thinks is going to happen with the company, and he replied: Well, there you got Larry ...

Jim Cramer, the host of Mad Money, said on Thursday that the market’s sharp move had little to do with fundamentals and everything to do with a massive shift out of hardware stocks like NVIDIA and ...