In cellular automata, simple rules create elaborate structures. Now researchers can start with the structures and reverse-engineer the rules. Alexander Mordvintsev showed me two clumps of pixels on ...

This rendering shows the new sanctuary of the Tree of Life building. Construction is set to begin soon on a new complex to replace the former Tree of Life Synagogue. The new building will hold a ...

An updated and final design was just unveiled for The Tree of Life in Squirrel Hill — which will house the planned museum and institution dedicated to uprooting antisemitism. With construction ...

PITTSBURGH — The new Tree of Life memorial, museum, and institute should open to the public in 2028. This October marks seven years since the Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting that left 11 people dead.

Scientists have discovered which animal was the first to branch off from our collective common ancestor. For years, debate had raged over whether the first to diverge was the sea sponge or the comb ...

Scientists have figured out how proteins may have been created on early Earth. When a bone grows, our bodies’ proteins help provide the structure. When a muscle tears, proteins help rebuild it. When ...

Enzymes known as kinases play a critical role in cell growth, metabolism and signaling in a multitude of organisms across the tree of life—from algae to helminths to mammals. Now, scientists have ...

If Alizon were to call herself a magician, no one would be able to argue, and this video shows why. "Watch strands of rope transform into a stunning piece of wall art!" Alizon told WooGlobe. "This ...

Rebecca Tomlinson, a West Pittston resident, opened Tree of Life Esthetics Studio two years ago next to Agolino’s Restaurant. Tree of Life proprietor Rebecca Tomlinson places another item on the shelf ...

“What da flip? People climbing the tree of life today at [the] Animal Kingdom,” a TikToker captioned a video of the incident Kimberlee Speakman is a digital writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at ...

Birds are the most diverse land vertebrate on the planet, and now scientists have constructed a complete evolutionary tree of the 11,000 or so known species. This data came from hundreds of studies ...

Most of us can imagine a tree of life; some can even sketch one out. Branches coming off branches coming off branches, each describing a turn in evolutionary history. Over here are the molluscs. Over ...