In an unprecedented leap in scientific discovery, a new lifeform has been constructed using a mere 57 genetic instructions.

DNA consists of a code language comprising four letters which make up what are known as codons, or words, each three letters long. Interpreting the language of the genetic code was the work of ...

Despite awe-inspiring diversity, nearly every lifeform – from bacteria to blue whales – shares the same genetic code. How and when this code came about has been the subject of much scientific ...

Finally, the team discovered that today's genetic code likely came after other codes that have since gone extinct. The authors argue that the current understanding of how the code evolved is flawed ...

The DNA of nearly all life on Earth contains many redundancies, and scientists have long wondered whether these redundancies served a purpose or if they were just leftovers from evolutionary processes ...