A recent theory proposes that whales weren't just predators in the ocean environment: Nutrients that whales excreted may have provided a key fertilizer to these marine ecosystems. Oceanographers now ...

A recent study from the Earth-Life Science Institute (ELSI) investigates how polyester microdroplets, potential precursors to modern cells, could form under realistic early Earth conditions.

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When NASA launched a spacecraft to an asteroid, scientists patiently waited for their chance to look at bits of the space ...

Pristine samples of the asteroid Bennu transported to Earth contain the "basic building blocks" for life, shedding new light ...

The discovery is a capstone achievement for NASA, which went to great lengths to secure and deliver asteroid samples from ...

Analysis of debris from the nearly 5 billion-year-old asteroid Bennu suggests the building blocks of DNA and RNA were present ...

The Lunar New Year begins Jan. 29 in the Year of the Wood Snake—keep reading for everything you need you need to know about ...

With a vast expanse of natural splendor, South Dakota is rich in history, outdoor experiences and unique activities. In the Mount Rushmore State, visitors will find two of the world's longest ...

Relatives of the llama are dropping dung as they venture into higher elevations in the Andes Mountains, providing a nutrient-rich environment for life to thrive despite glacier loss.

A Rhoomba vacuum might mimic a hungry lifeform, but researchers have found ancient fossils of one of Earth's first animals, ...

The actress and campaigner on how we were all tougher back in the day, her fight to end factory farming and what she sees in ...