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 ...

A study has found that an ancient protein motif that binds to nucleic acids is functionally "ambidextrous." This means that ...

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 ...

While the tetrapods initially still needed water to reproduce, the evolution of the egg and internal fertilisation led to the ...

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

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

The research team experimented with using two LLMs to power AstroAgents — Claude Sonnet 3.5and Gemini 2.0 Flash. They fed ...

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

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, ...

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 ...