A recent study investigates how polyester microdroplets, potential precursors to modern cells, could form under realistic early Earth conditions. Researchers pushed these conditions to the limits, ...

Billions of years ago, the molecular building blocks of life emerged from a complex web of chemical and geological processes.

Jan. 30, 2025 — Studies of sediment cores from the sea floor and the coastal regions surrounding the Aegean Sea show that humans contaminated the environment with lead early on in antiquity.

Early analysis of asteroid samples from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission show the residue of an icy brine, and a soup of amino acids ...

One leading theory on the origins of life on Earth proposes that simple chemical molecules gradually became more complex, ...

The asteroid Bennu has provided groundbreaking insights into the chemistry that may have set the stage for life in the early ...

According to the photo's caption, pictured here are "A Rockwitz (312lbs), comedian Eddie Carvey (250lbs), David Burns (475lbs ...

A perfectly preserved ancient tree fossil offered scientists an unprecedented view into a moment 42,000 years ago when the Earth’s magnetic field went haywire. The compelling 2021 study tells the ...

With an estimated 200 billion trillion stars in the observable universe, the existence of other technological species is ...

Scientists say it stands apart from the two widely known forms of magnetic order and may open doors to ... “Our experimental work has provided a bridge between theoretical concepts and real-life ...

Organizers for the international celebration of independent music outlets have shared the list of what's coming Record Store Day 2025.

A new study explores how complex chemical mixtures change under shifting environmental conditions, shedding light on the ...