Over 500 million years ago, during the Cambrian period, all major animal phyla appeared rapidly in what is known as the ...

More than a billion years ago, in a shallow basin across what is now northern Ontario, a subtropical lake much like ...

Since the beginning of time, Earth has created life and then wiped out most of it in catastrophic, ultra-destructive moments.

More than a billion years ago, in a shallow basin across what is now northern Ontario, a subtropical lake much like ...

Trapped gases in 1.4 billion-year-old salt crystals reveal ancient secrets about oxygen and carbon dioxide levels on early ...

Elon Musk has never been shy about grand comparisons, but his latest claim pushes even his own scale of ambition. He now ...

Air bubbles trapped in ancient halite reveal a lost world, one more oxygen-rich and stable than anyone expected.

Australia’s Antarctic exploration pioneer took his polar pyjamas and wore them in the outback ...

"The Giant Leap," by astrobiologist Caleb Scharf, is an optimistic account of our widening journey into the cosmos.

A major evolutionary theory says most genetic changes don’t really matter, but new evidence suggests that’s not true. Researchers found that helpful mutations happen surprisingly often. The twist is ...

Through the analyses of gases and fluids preserved within salt crystals, the team extended the direct record of Earth’s ...

Retinal organoids derived from human stem cells model human retinal development, supporting disease research, drug discovery ...