In April, astronomers said they had detected a possible signature of life on the exoplanet K2-18b. Now, three independent ...

While researchers are still debating the exact timeline, one thing is becoming clear. Life didn’t take long to get started.

For most of human history, the overall population is believed to have remained quite low. But since the early 1800s, the ...

A discovery by scientists at Scripps Research and the Georgia Institute of Technology could shed light on the evolution of ...

How life arose remains a looming question in science that researchers are seeking to answer by studying the features shared among life today. Everything alive is made up of cells, and what made the ...

A team of researchers has recently claimed they have discovered a gas called dimethyl sulfide (DMS) in the atmosphere of ...

Understanding the origin of the building block of all animal and plant life may lead to more insights about life on Earth and ...

The International Day for Biological Diversity is observed globally on May 22 each year to raise awareness about the vital ...

But a century after what was dubbed the Trial of the Century, the issue is far from settled. Many American adults still ...

May 14, 2025 — The origin of reptiles on Earth has been shown to be up to 40 million years earlier than previously thought -- thanks to evidence discovered at an ... May 7, 2025 — Life depends ...

The mystery of life’s beginnings has long captivated scientists. Central to that search is LUCA—the last universal common ...