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

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

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

If you think explaining the earliest origins of man 1.9 million years ago is difficult, imagine trying to explain the development of the first microbial life on Earth, evidence for which dates to ...

Laboratory experiments have coaxed simple molecules into states that naturally become more complex, hinting at the origins of ...

The team's work has significant implications for understanding not only the origins of life on Earth but also the potential for life elsewhere in the universe. By demonstrating that life-like ...

Pinpointing when and where Earth’s hydrogen is an essential key to understanding how life arose on the planet. Without hydrogen, there’s no water, and without water, life can’t exist here. Ironically, ...

The prebiotic Earth was a harsh and unstable environment, characterized by intense heat, active volcanoes and little ...

A new documentary is causing a stir by asserting the presence of alien life on Earth and claiming a US government effort to hide information on possible extraterrestrial activity. New findings ...

Life depends on genes being switched on and off at exactly the right time. Even the simplest living organisms do this, but usually over short distances across the DNA sequence, with the on/off switch ...

An international team looks back 12 million years for clues about the formation of these vast areas where no life can survive A satellite image of the Northern Gulf ... according to Boston College ...

The study potentially upends our understanding of early Earth, but the discovery of hydrogen in the meteorite doesn’t mean that life would have ... theory of the origins of water.