Complex multicellularity evolved independently in various eukaryotic lineages, including animals, plants, fungi, and algae. This evolutionary leap of going from one to many requires organisms to ...

Energy-making chloroplasts from algae have been inserted into hamster cells, enabling the cells to photosynthesize light, according to new research in Japan. It was previously thought that ...

That brown, muddy water is due to a large algae bloom, expanding from the Santa Monica pier all the way to Marina del Rey. "We don't have blooms this intense that often," said UCLA Associate ...

A large algae bloom was spotted around the Santa Monica Pier Tuesday, extending for miles down the coastline. Sky5 was above the “red tide” at 11 a.m. The bloom was seen “all the way down ...

Independently evolved brown algae develop this way, too. Diethard Tautz is at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, 24306 Plön, Germany, and at the Stellenbosch Institute for ...

Most folks love a good vacation, and we all know that luggage puts up with a lot. From being trawled down countless sidewalks and through jam-packed airports to getting handled by strangers and ...

Given the intensity of the glow he saw the last two nights and the long streak already recorded, he expects there will still be enough of the microscopic algae that emit the bioluminescent glow ...

We don’t always have the answers, but we have some people on speed dial who do — which is why we present to you our series FYI where we have experts explain if lip balm is actually bad, how ...

There are plenty of techniques you can follow when it's time to get down to business and clean your home, but if you want to maintain that cleanliness in between larger tidying sessions, you'll ...

We asked readers to channel their inner Carolyn Hax and answer this question. Some of the best responses are below. Dear Carolyn: Every morning my husband feeds our baby, and every morning he ...

Deep cleaning your microwave often falls low on the list of household cleaning priorities—unless, of course, you’ve just faced a tomato soup explosion or a butter-softening mishap. It’s one ...