In a new peer reviewed analysis, scientists quantify amino acids before and after our “last universal common ancestor.” The ...

Based on the history of life here on earth, at least one prominent paleontologist thinks that complex life in the cosmos is ...

Hot springs, with their unique geochemical properties, have long fascinated researchers studying the origins of life. These ...

Virginia Tech study unveils 2 billion years of evolution, highlighting the 'boring billion,' Snowball Earth, and ancient ...

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

The largest timed molecular phylogenetic tree of life, called a "timetree," to date ... This effort has demonstrated that ...

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

which attempted to simulate the conditions on early Earth that likely witnessed the origin of life. While valuable in demonstrating that nonliving matter could give rise to life's building blocks ...