Photosynthesis

If humans had green skin, for instance, what if it granted us the ability to perform photosynthesis, which plants use to live off of sunlight?

By grafting their roots together in a hidden underground network, trees could be forming giant "superorganisms" that span entire forests.

They can turn light into electricity.

A paper published in 2017 appeared to show a limited quantum effect in bacteria. Now scientists argue that something much weirder happened.

What could make the Earth seem to "breathe" as it does in this startling video from Quebec, Canada?

There's twice as much C02 trapped in Earth's soil as in the atmosphere, and it's escaping.

Scientists have identified the oldest organic color in the world.

Algae can be glamorous, too.

Ancient rocks from a remote Canada island contain the oldest algae ever discovered.