Life may have emerged from a surprisingly simple network of chemical reactions long before cells or genes existed.

The transition from simple chemistry to the complex biology of molecules that gave rise to life is a puzzle that scientists ...

In a breakthrough that defies nature, Northwestern University and Stanford University synthetic biologists have created a new ...

Researchers share the easy ways to uncover moments of festive discovery, proving you don’t need a lab coat to experiment this Christmas ...

Earth's seasons look very different at locations not far from each other, 20 years' worth of satellite data reveals. Earth's seasonal cycles can vary dramatically across short distances, even at the ...

Although wolf-canine interbreeding has been considered extremely rare, the latest research shows that many present-day ...

Four billion years ago, Earth was violent, hot, and unstable. Yet new research suggests that by then, life had already ...

Scientists build a synthetic metabolism that converts CO2-derived formate into valuable chemicals outside living cells.

A research group led by Professor Hiroaki SUZUKI and Takeshi HAYAKAWA from the Faculty of Science and Engineering at Chuo University, graduate student Zhitai HUANG, graduate students Kanji KANEKO (at ...

Washington State University's Gary Chastagner is helping researchers around the globe perfect the Christmas tree.

A professor emeritus at Washington State University, Chastagner is considered one of the world’s foremost experts on tree and ornamental flower bulb pathologies. In 2018, he received a lifetime ...

Stellar winds were supposed to be the straightforward conveyor belt that carried the raw ingredients of life from dying stars ...