A bizarre fossil called Prototaxites, which was the largest life-form on land 400 million years ago, may have been a completely unknown form of multicellular life, according to a new study.

Ancient duplicated genes are giving scientists their first real clues about what life was like before all life on Earth shared a common ancestor.

"We used to think that only very simple molecules could be created in these clouds. But we have shown that this is clearly ...

Hungarian biologist Tibor Gánti is an obscure figure. Now, more than a decade after his death, his ideas about how life began ...

Our planet is unique for its ability to sustain abundant life. From studies of the rock record, scientists believe life had already emerged on Earth at least 3.5 billion years ago and probably much ...

These sharp peaks in Senja, Norway, are the result of ancient glacial erosion. Over time, the sea and ice carved them into this shape. Another Trump official has caused a diplomatic incident What ...

“Look up here, I’m in heaven,” sings David Bowie in “Lazarus,” a single from his 25th and final album, Blackstar. That album, largely recorded in secret and released in January 2016, was greeted with ...

As our nation approaches its 250th birthday, Americans should revisit the creed that has united us since the adoption of the Declaration of Independence: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that ...

A giant impact on the early Earth could have brought the building blocks of RNA to our planet, which new research suggests could have quickly formed in the presence of compounds called borates. When ...

Isn’t it a shame when our best ideas come right as we are falling asleep? It’s terrible when your head is on the pillow, and your eyes are relaxed, only to then be inconvenienced by a great idea that ...

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