The early Earth was an extreme place. Asteroids pommeled the surface. Volcanoes spewed lava and carbon dioxide. The thick, ...

NASA has arrived at two ways of returning samples collected on Mars to Earth. Now, the agency will test the options to see if ...

As life evolved on Earth, it used and created minerals for exoskeletons and habitats. The hundred minerals present when life first formed have grown to about 5,000 today. For example, zircons are ...

The materials that make up your body are intergalactic voyagers that have existed beyond the limits of the Milky Way.

An Oxford academic has theorized about what might happen if humans were to go extinct and reveals which species could take ...

If you like the smell of spring roses, the sounds of summer bird song, and the colors of fall foliage, you have the ...

The choreography of species offers critical insights into the parallel paths of the evolution of life and Earth. Observed patterns and insights suggested by the analysis: The first eukaryotes ...

As life evolved on Earth, it used and created minerals for exoskeletons and habitats. The hundred minerals present when life first formed have grown to about 5,000 today. For example, zircons are ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. Scientists have spent an incredible amount of manpower attempting to determine what ...

Human composting is and is emerging as an alternative to cremation and burial that is friendlier to the climate and the Earth ...