Is it really possible that half of all people who have ever been age 65 or older are still alive today? We explore the ...

The findings show that the common ancestor of the extant fungi was about 1.4 to 900 million years ago. That is far earlier ...

This theory was the brainchild of Francis Crick (yes, the one who helped identify DNA) and Leslie Orgel, the originator of ...

The timing of Earth's early formation points to a planet that started out dry. So, life’s essential building blocks arrived ...

Emerging evidence suggests that plate tectonics, or the recycling of Earth's crust, may have begun much earlier than ...

Billions of years ago, Earth’s atmosphere was hostile, with barely any oxygen and toxic conditions for life. Researchers from the Earth-Life Science Institute studied Japan’s iron-rich hot springs, ...

The question of life’s origin on Earth has long intrigued scientists, with a growing body of research now suggesting it may ...

Right now there is no conclusive evidence of life on Mars past or present. Nasa’s “leopard spots” are the most promising ...

In a new study, scientists look closely into “chemical fossils” in rocks, indicating that sponges were alive more than 541 ...

It’s one of the most longstanding questions in biology: how did life first arise? Research on the topic abounds, but there’s no one accepted answer. And according to one new paper, the chances that ...

"When we see features like this in sediment on Earth, these minerals are often the byproduct of microbial metabolisms that are consuming organic matter." Since February 2021, NASA's Perseverance rover ...

It took three million years for the chemical composition of the planet to be stable after its birth, but elements to help ...