Using mathematical modeling, researchers have discovered that rate-induced tipping, which can happen if an environment changes too fast, can happen even in Daisyworld, a simple daisy-filled ecological ...

New research shows that fluctuating environmental conditions helped chemical mixtures self-organize and evolve in structured ...

Imagine a world filled only with daisies. Light-colored daisies reflect sunlight, cooling down the planet, while darker daisies absorb sunlight, warming it up. Together, these two types of daisies ...

Long Island native Robert L. Foster spent 12 years working at an environmental lobbying group and uses his experience in his ...

Earth's journey to its colourful present began over 600 million years ago with the evolution of vision. From plant hues ...

About 30 million years ago, parts of Egypt were covered in lush forests. Within those trees, lurked an order of fearsome big ...

Researchers have proven that antibiotic-resistant strains of a harmful bacteria thrive in a diabetic infection environment.

Explore how new research suggests that intelligent life may emerge naturally under favorable conditions over time.

Humanity may not be extraordinary but rather the natural evolutionary outcome for our planet and likely others, according to ...

“Our existence is probably not an evolutionary fluke,” says Jennifer Macalady, a study co-author and microbiology professor ...

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

A new study explores how complex chemical mixtures change under shifting environmental conditions, shedding light on the prebiotic processes that may have led to life. By exposing organic molecules to ...