A giant virus discovered in Japan is adding fuel to the provocative idea that viruses helped create complex life. Named ushikuvirus, it infects amoebae and shows unique traits that connect different ...

In February last year, Hollywood icon Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa were found dead along with one of their dogs at their home. A shocking health assessment found dead rodents and nests on t ...

A virus that is big enough to be seen under an ordinary light microscope co-opts its host’s systems with the help of ...

In a new study, published in Cell, researchers describe a newfound mechanism for creating proteins in a giant DNA virus, ...

After gaining access to a scammer’s computer, a countdown virus is triggered. As the timer ticks down, the scammer panics, ...