A Sydney Ph.D. student has recreated a tiny piece of the universe inside a bottle in her laboratory, producing cosmic dust ...

In one of the most baffling discoveries of the last decade, scientists have found a clue in a cave to how life might survive ...

SAR11 bacteria dominate the world’s oceans by being incredibly efficient, shedding genes to survive in nutrient-poor waters.

After the asteroid smashed into Earth around 66 million years ago, it didn't take life that long to rebound, a new study ...

The initiative uses microgravity and extreme conditions to speed up medical discoveries and turn them into startups.

The complex building blocks of life can form spontaneously in space, a new lab experiment shows.

The fossils offer a rare glimpse into a cataclysmic event that brought a sudden end to the greatest explosion of life in our ...

By creating a 'little bit of the Universe in a bottle' in her lab, a PhD student in physics has reverse-engineered the ...

Now, a breakthrough by Chinese researchers has filled this gap by discovering a top-tier soft-bodied fossil deposit in Hunan province's Huayuan county — dating shortly after the Sinsk event. This ...

"We used to think that only very simple molecules could be created in these clouds. But we have shown that this is clearly ...

In a new study, scientists analyzed how a biological battle played out between a strain of E. coli and a T7 bacteriophage, ...

Scientists have announced plans to construct a 'modern-day Noah's Ark,' saying it will be a true backup plan for Earth.