A new theory suggests windows of opportunity, not a series of improbable events may have helped humans gain a foothold in the ...
Aliens probably look just like we do, a new study suggests. This is because scientists now believe life on Earth evolved in a ...
Humanity may not be extraordinary but rather the natural evolutionary outcome for our planet and likely others, according to ...
“Our existence is probably not an evolutionary fluke,” says Jennifer Macalady, a study co-author and microbiology professor ...
Roughly 300,000 years ago, our species first appeared on the African landscape before spreading globally and coming to ...
Humanity may not be extraordinary but rather the "natural evolutionary outcome" for our planet and likely others, according ...
A new study rewrites the story of human evolution, suggesting that intelligent life is not rare but a natural planetary ...
NASA’s Curiosity rover captured stunning images of Martian twilight clouds, revealing iridescent dry ice formations on Mars.
Planting fast-growing crops, burning them, capturing the released CO2 and storing it: this is being discussed as a way to remove greenhouse gases from the atmosphere and limit global heating to 1.5 ...
The Sun sets differently on Mars. Part of that is due to its distance from the star (an average of 142 million miles versus ...
A perfectly preserved ancient tree fossil offered scientists an unprecedented view into a moment 42,000 years ago when the Earth’s magnetic field went haywire. The compelling 2021 study tells the ...
An asteroid becomes a meteorite when it travels to Earth from a nearby orbit or the outer solar system and collides with ...