The World Health Organization group tasked with tracking down the origin of the coronavirus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic is strongly recommending that a deeper investigation be made into the possibility that the SARS-CoV-2 virus may have been released into the public through a laboratory accident. This follows the group’s assertion, afterread more

The five key chemical compounds needed to form our biology’s genetic code have been discovered in a group of meteorites that fell to Earth over the course of the last century. This discovery bolsters the theory that the building blocks of life may have arrived from outside of the Earthread more

[The body of this article wound up going missing at some point, leaving the posting empty. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused. ~Matt] Microbiologists have discovered what is now known as the world’s largest bacterium, a single-celled organism large enough to be seen with the naked eye,read more