The very first cells obtained their energy from geochemical reactions. LMU researchers have now managed to recreate this ...

The 35-year-old law bars adult children and their parents from suing for wrongful death caused by medical malpractice. The ...

Carbonate minerals contain carbon dioxide, which, when present in the atmosphere, warms a planet. These minerals suggest that carbon dioxide could have previously existed in the atmosphere in larger ...

Mars, one of our closest planetary neighbors, has fascinated people for hundreds of years, partly because it is so similar to ...

What's the currency for all life on Earth? Carbon. Every living thing needs a source of carbon to grow and reproduce. In the ...

Why do some ancient animals become fossils while others disappear without a trace? A new study reveals that part of the answer lies in the body itself. The research shows that an animal's size and ...

A Harvard professor questions whether research conducted at the University of Cambridge about life on K2-18b is accurate.

New research combines centuries-old Chinese poetry with modern biodiversity science to reveal a 65% decline in the Yangtze ...

When many people talk about the ancient Greek Cynics, these peculiar philosophers, they are thinking only of Diogenes of ...

We've discovered that a meteorite struck northwest Scotland 1 billion years ago, 200 million years later than previously ...