06:41, Mon, Mar 20, 2017 Updated: 15:39, Mon, Mar 20, 2017 The notion that life on Earth has alien origins is nothing new, but a pair of researchers believe that they have cracked an ancient code ...

Researchers have made a new 'alien' life-form with an expanded genetic code. The modified E.coli bacteria was made by scientists who introduced DNA molecules not found in nature to a common bacterium.

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To anyone who has seen the film 'Prometheus', it will be a very familiar story. Humans and aliens may share the same DNA which could be part of a 'universal structure', according to researchers. The ...

Is it the invasion of the genome snatchers? Just in case the idea of aliens walking around in human skin suits wasn’t frightening enough. An outlandish study asserts that aliens might have abducted us ...

A DNA double helix is seen in an undated artist's illustration released by the National Human Genome Research Institute, May 15, 2012. REUTERS/National Human Genome Research Institute/Handout Humans ...

Alien abductions have been rumoured to occur for decades, and now a study has claimed that extraterrestrial beings have been using this method to insert genes into human DNA. The study, which has yet ...

Scientists claim a new map of the octopus genetic code has revealed a creature so strange that it could be an "alien". The creatures have a hugely complicated genome sequence, and have more ...

Scientists have created the first “semi-synthetic” micro-organism with a radically different genetic code from the rest of life on Earth. The researchers believe the breakthrough is the first step ...