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

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

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

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

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

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 ...

A new study is challenging long-held beliefs about the origins of life and the building blocks that led to the first genes.

What's one thing humankind can do to help heal the world? The wishes cover everything from upholding Jimmy Carter's legacy to ...

The transition in and out of the Late Palaeozoic ice age was one of the biggest climate transitions in Earth’s history, a ...