A new study highlights how life possibly evolved prior to and during the rise of Earth’s oxygenated atmosphere.

Scientists found that evolution itself can evolve. Organisms exposed to changing environments develop a better ability to ...

Scientists are cataloging and analyzing the first samples collected by NASA's Perseverance rover while the agency weighs its ...

Scientists at Yale and in Singapore have devised what may be the ultimate acid test—a comprehensive model for estimating the ...

The Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System in Chile, dubbed ATLAS, came across the space rock while observing the ...

Researchers studying decades of earthquake data say they have found the first evidence that, in addition to spinning backward ...

The surface of our Earth is wriggling with life: it's the defining feature of our planet, which, far as we know, makes it ...

Deep subsurface microbes are highly diverse, challenging assumptions about life in low-energy environments. This discovery ...

Most major biological molecules, including all proteins, DNA and RNA, point in one direction or another. In other words, they ...

A recent study investigates how polyester microdroplets, potential precursors to modern cells, could form under realistic early Earth conditions. Researchers pushed these conditions to the limits, ...

How Life's Building Blocks Took Shape on Early Earth: The Limits of Membraneless Polyester Protocell Formation Feb. 6, 2025 — A recent study investigates how polyester microdroplets, potential ...