Scientists have found the oldest direct evidence for tectonic motion on Earth by more than half a billion years ...

JAXA samples reveal that asteroid Ryugu has a complete set of nucleobases, the building blocks of DNA, suggesting these ingredients of life may be common in the solar system.

The spark that transfers a charge from one carbon particle to another, generating lightning and possibly life itself, is finally understood.

Christina Thorpe was attending her global women’s studies colloquium lecture series when members of the Global Women's Studies Honors Society came in to pitch the group to the students.

By reconstructing ancient nitrogen-processing enzymes, scientists are uncovering new clues about how early life survived on a very different Earth.

The complete set of the fundamental building blocks of life, making up DNA and RNA, has been discovered in samples from the ...

A testing replica of the “backbone” of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope and a full-scale model of the agency’s Parker Solar Probe are now on permanent display at the Smithsonian’s National Air and ...

Science Textbook Controversies “In 1969 the California Board of Education issued new guidelines for the biology curriculum of the state’s public schools. The guidelines ...

Glasgow Clyde College is preparing to make history by broadcasting a lecture into outer space as part of a new course ...

The phrase “God of Small Things” often evokes the idea that the divine does not manifest only in grand miracles, temples, or world-changing events.

All the essential ingredients to make the DNA and RNA underpinning life on Earth have been discovered in samples collected from the asteroid Ryugu, scientists said Monday.

Still in its original galaxy, a rare holdout from the second generation of stars sheds new light on the origins of the elements—and how massive supernovae reshaped the cosmos ...