For the first time, scientists have witnessed the very moment DNA begins to unravel, revealing a necessary molecular event for DNA to be the molecule that codes all life.

Modern humans descended from not one, but at least two ancestral populations that drifted apart and later reconnected, long before modern humans spread across the globe.

Scientists at Lab are unraveling the mysteries of Bennu, a 4.5-billion-year-old asteroid, using cutting-edge technology. The ...

Thomas Lamar Keith, 76, was arrested Monday, March 17, on rape and kidnapping charges in the 1986 assault of a 19-year-old ...

Dr. Frankenstein might not have needed a lightning bolt to bring his monster to life after all. A new study from Stanford ...

Forget the dramatic lightning strike – life may have started with countless tiny sparks from crashing water droplets!

Why we like it: The Spawn live-action movie leaves a lot to be desired, but the animated series that released alongside it is the perfect adaptation of the character. Darker than a depressed goth’s ...

Experiments show that those small electrical charges can trigger the chemical reactions necessary to form organic molecules.

Researchers from Stanford University believe their new theory debunks the idea that a massive lightning strike in our ...

Life may not have begun with a dramatic lightning strike into the ocean but from many smaller "microlightning" exchanges among water droplets from ...