The building blocks of life on Earth may have been fueled by tiny sparks hopping between water droplets.

Life on Earth had to begin somewhere, and scientists think that “somewhere” is LUCA—or the Last Universal Common Ancestor.

In "Ends of the Earth," Neil Shubin travels north and south to explore the frontiers of polar science and history.

During the 19th century, the ability to spend time in nature helped free some girls from restrictive social norms and turned ...

Sawyer, age 8, Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina Exploring anywhere on Earth, look closely and you’ll ... This fact has fascinated scientists for centuries. One of the things biologists like me do is ...

Elon Musk has boldly claimed a million people could live in a self-sustaining settlement, possibly comprising “glass domes” ...

A study shows that electrical charges in sprays of water can cause chemical reactions that form organic molecules from inorganic materials. The findings provide evidence that microlightning may have ...

In this article, we’ll uncover the longest-living creatures on Earth, their secrets to longevity ... for human consumption. One striking thing about them is that they grow very slowly, which ...

Ancient trees like Methuselah and Alerce Milenario serve as living records ... region on Earth. Whichever tree, whether Methuselah or Alerce Milenario, takes the title, one thing is clear, Nature ...

"These types of formations made by bacteria are believed to be, pretty much, the first living cells, organized cells, on Earth ... "The next thing is to know, can we molecularly work with ...

On Earth, 3D printing can fabricate, layer by layer, thousands of things, from replacement hips to hammers to ... and as far ...