But what is the science behind extraterrestrial life? Is it possible that humans will ever experience "first contact" with an ...

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

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

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

It was big news years ago when Mars orbiters found streaks of what appeared to be water running down Martian cliffs and ...

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 ...

Scopes monkey trial famously put the spotlight on evolution and appeared to mark a defeat for biblical fundamentalism.

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

The speed at which life appeared on Earth intrigues scientists. A new study suggests this phenomenon could be common in the ...

The earliest cells harnessed energy through geochemical reactions, a process that LMU researchers have now successfully ...