A new study adds to a growing body of evidence that suggests asteroid impacts played a critical role in the emergence of life ...

A rock measuring 900 meters is on a journey through our solar system, providing what is arguably one of the strongest pieces ...

A new study reveals all five fundamental nucleobases – the molecular “letters” of life – have been detected in samples from ...

"Tree beard" hangs from trees in Deqen Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Southwest China's Yunnan Province. Photo: Courtesy of ...

Hidden beneath the damp shade of sal forests in West Bengal’s West Midnapore district, a tiny plant barely a few millimetres long has quietly rewritten a chapter of Indian botany.

History has a strange habit of forgetting its own brilliance. Civilizations rose, fell, and took entire libraries of ...

Although we may be loath to admit it, there sometimes appears to be a little magic in science. By magic, I refer to an overwhelming sense of wonder that accompanies surprising outcomes. Events over ...

The best discoveries are the ones you stumble upon when you’re not even looking for them, and that’s exactly what happens ...

All the essential ingredients to make the DNA and RNA underpinning life on Earth have been discovered in samples collected ...

Angelo Madsen’s bold new documentary, “A Body to Live In,” which will screen at SF’s Roxie Theatre on March 28, follows the ...