Maybe the first life on Earth was part of an ‘RNA world.’ Artur Plawgo/Science Photo Library via Getty Images February 20, 2023 Were viruses around on Earth before living cells emerged? A microbiologist explains Kenneth Noll, University of Connecticut Fossil evidence of how the earliest life on Earth came to be is hard to come by. But scientists have come up with a few theories based on the microbes, viruses and prions existing today.
Prokaryotes are single-celled organisms without nuclei and are commonly known as bacteria. Ichigomaru/Shutterstock October 27, 2022 A new way to name bacteria: 300-year-old system revised thanks to scientific advances Stephanus Nicolaas Venter, University of Pretoria A new ‘rule book’ for naming genomically sequenced bacteria is a boon for science.
The world’s smallest frog can fit on a dime. E.N. Rittmeyer et al. (2012) August 27, 2019 What is the smallest animal ever? Nicola Di Girolamo, Oklahoma State University Scientists have identified the world’s smallest animal – for now. It could be possible smaller creatures exist that have not yet been discovered.