Researchers have discovered that chemical reactions in underwater hydrothermal vents could have produced the necessary ...
Crystals hidden in Australia’s oldest rocks have revealed new clues about how Earth and the Moon formed. The study suggests ...
In an investigation to find out what sparked life on Earth, researchers have discovered that RNA formed through surprisingly simple chemistry.
Life made the modern Earth as much as the Earth made life, a new book by a philosopher of consciousness argues. That dynamic leaves humans with a unique set of moral questions, Peter Godfrey-Smith of ...
Earth’s deep interior may hold water equal to today’s oceans, challenging long-held views of how the planet became habitable.