A recent study from researchers at the University of Toulouse has revealed a fascinating insight into the origins of life on ...

Eukaryogenesis occurred suddenly, driven by the growing length of genes and the limitations on producing longer proteins. An ...

For the first time in its 144-year history the Natural History Museum dedicates an exhibition to the wonders of space ...

It’s 9 a.m. on Monday morning, and I’m on the sixth floor of Sterling Hall at UW–Madison. Here, in the newly formed Wisconsin ...

Most astronomers agree that life is likely common throughout the universe. While Earth is the only world known to have life, ...

A new review of ocean data suggests that more than 99.999 percent of the global deep seafloor has never been seen by humans.

There simply isn’t enough data. Yet. “Searching for life beyond Earth is one of the great, profound pursuits of humankind. But any claim of life out there will require a thorough study by the ...

A new NASA and Toho University study, utilizing supercomputers, projects Earth's habitability timeline, revealing the eventual demise of life due to the Sun's increasing heat. This gradual process ...

A professor from The Open University is just one of seven international scientists trusted by China to take the moon rocks ...

This basic form of genomic regulation is probably as old as life on Earth. A new study finds that the ability to control genes from far away, over many tens of thousands of DNA letters ...