A startling discovery has reignited one of science’s oldest questions: where did life truly begin? Researchers analyzing a ...

The death of 19-year-old Homewood resident Lester Wolf in 1926 is going national as an episode of the podcast Our American Stories.

Washington, DC— Our galaxy’s most abundant type of planet could be rich in liquid water due to formative interactions between ...

Our galaxy's most abundant type of planet could be rich in liquid water due to formative interactions between magma oceans ...

Fear is a survival mechanism that can keep you from harm. But it can be maladapted for the modern world and make you feel ...

In this 4.4-million-year-old skeleton, scientists may have found the missing step between climbing and walking.

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Saudi Arabia’s Heritage Commission has announced the discovery and documentation of exceptional engravings dating back 11,400 to 12,800 years in the Al Nafud desert, a project led by the Green Arabia ...

Billions of years ago, Mars’ Jezero Crater held a lake fed by rivers that could have carried minerals and maybe even organic matter. On Earth, places like that are teeming with microbial life. NOVA is ...

In a world without plants or animals, microorganisms ruled Earth, and the Great Oxidation Event (GOE) marked a pivotal transformation. But how did life adapt when the once-toxic oxygen began to ...

Mars rocks show iron-based patterns linked to microbial activity on Earth. NASA’s Perseverance rover collected samples from Jezero Crater's dry riverbed. Congressional budget cuts threaten 2040 ...