Some fear we’ll be buried in brimstone; others expect to be extinguished by A.I. But is there comfort to be found in our ...

While these “mirror cells” could have profound medical implications, a new 299-page report warns that a mirror pathogen could spell the end of life on Earth, as such a microbe would avoid our ...

The end of life on Earth has been explored from both technological and scientific perspectives, with both agreeing that the Sun will be the main player in this inevitable extinction. However ...

It’s been a while since we’ve heard about that made-up rogue planet Nbiru, which some believed would pop-up to collide with or otherwise majorly disrupt Earth’s orbit, spelling doom for all ...

Climate change has made great swaths of the planet drier and soils saltier, jeopardizing food production and water access for ...

For months I'd been on the trail of the greatest natural disaster in Earth's history. About 250 million years ago, at the end of the Permian ... But most life is concentrated in shallow water ...

Human composting is emerging as an end-of-life alternative that is friendlier to the climate and the Earth — it is far less carbon-intensive than cremation and doesn’t use chemicals involved ...

3 min read Continents were on the move in the Cretaceous, busy remodeling the shape and tone of life on Earth. At the start ... and conifers. At the end of the period, about 80 million years ...

and other key life activities lose the platform on which their existence depends. At the other end of the Earth, around the South Pole, emperor penguins are also facing enormous threats from climate ...

Did a collision with a giant asteroid or comet change the shape of life on Earth forever ... the impact must have spelled the cataclysmic end. For months, scientists conclude, dense clouds ...