Scientists have been trying to learn more about archaea since these microbes were discovered in the 1970s. Their DNA is not contained in a nucleus, so they are a type of prokaryote, and were initially ...

If you're a Star Trek fan, you've heard of the Borg, a hive-mind character that can assimilate others as they seek to take control of the galaxy. But genetic 'Borgs' actually exist in our world too.

Researchers investigate into the various lineages of Asgard archae, and determine one related to Hods as the ancestor of ...