Some amino acids can be built in two ways that mirror each other, like a pair of right and left hands. Life on Earth uses the ...

Bennu is a carbon-rich asteroid whose components have remained relatively unchanged since the solar system's early days. NASA’s OSIRIS-Rex mission captured samples from the surface of the asteroid and ...

As the Earth absorbs more energy from the Sun and reflects less back into space, much of the excess heat is being funnelled ...

The Natural History Museum (NHM) today announces the appointment of Jessica Bradford as its first Director of Collections. She will be key in leading the Museum's collections and acquisitions strategy ...

By assessing the fossil record and the dinosaur family tree, the researchers’ models suggest that the first dinosaurs evolved ...

After an incredible 16 years of ice skating at the Museum, the five-acre gardens on which the rink used to sit have now been transformed into a hub for urban wildlife. This is part of a national ...

Thousands of mounds and hills in Mars’ barren northern plains are full of clay minerals, providing evidence that the rocks ...

The mounds lie north of a feature of Mars known as the Martian dichotomy, where the towering, ancient highlands of the ...

Snails have a reputation for being slow, with poor eyes that can barely see the world around them. But conch snails defy these expectations with eyesight as good as some vertebrates. These marine ...

Freshwater ecosystems cover less than 1% of Earth’s surface, but are vital for life on this planet. New research reveals that damage to these environments is pushing freshwater animals to the edge of ...