Microorganisms—bacteria, viruses and other tiny life forms—may drive biological variation in visible life as much, if not ...

A rare Triassic fossil unearthed in Brazil, Gondwanax paraisensis, could provide new insights into the origins of dinosaurs.

For nearly 40 years, scientists have generally agreed that Earth's Moon formed from debris after a massive collision with our ...

Squanto” tells the true story of a Thanksgiving legend. Ina Garten can help with the cooking. And Robert Harris will whisk ...

Chinese scientists have found abiotic organic compounds in the ocean crust, shedding light on deep-sea carbon cycles and life ...

Charles Darwin is famous for proposing the theory of evolution by natural selection, but how much more do you know about the ...

Emerging evidence suggests that plate tectonics, or the recycling of Earth's crust, may have begun much earlier than ...

What is the origin of fast radio bursts (FRBs) and what can this teach us about the galaxies where they reside? This is what ...

The Microbiology Society is pleased to announce the winners of our 2025 Prizes, which will be awarded at Society’s Annual Conference 2025 in Liverpool from 31 March – 3 April, where the winners will ...

Between 1.8 billion and 800 million years ago, earthly life was in the doldrums. During this period, called the "boring ...

Survival of the fittest’ is Darwin 101. But did you know that Charles Darwin didn’t actually coin that phrase? Let’s explore ...

Let us consider the origin of life. Darwin’s theory of evolution is the starting point for thinking about the origin of life.