An expanding iron-ore mine and a deposit of rare-earth minerals are fragmenting the land in northern Sweden and altering ...

Recent discoveries have sparked a wave of excitement and intrigue among scientists and the public alike, as evidence suggests ...

Recent advances in ancient DNA analysis have sparked intriguing discussions about the possibility of non-human entities once ...

Lobe-finned fishes once led the way in jaw innovation, reshaping evolution long before dinosaurs and life on land emerged.

Learn about the process that started life on Earth, linking amino acids with RNA to create proteins that are found in all ...

There is an ancient Greek scientist who discovered the existence of polar day and polar night before people even knew the ...

Scientists may have found missing pieces in the timeline that connects ancient Earth chemistry to modern day metabolic reactions.

For the ancient Earth, 3 billion years ago, the researchers found that, because the ancient mantle was so much hotter than today, and the slabs much denser, a density flip would not have occurred.

Around 50 million years ago, Earth was in the firm grip of one of the hottest chapters in the planet's last 65 million years, yet new evidence indicates the climate may not have been quite as ...

Ancient Earth had a thick, toxic atmosphere like Venus — until it cooled off and became liveable News By Hugh O'Neill, Antony Burnham published December 20, 2020 ...

A previously unexplained isotopic ratio may represent the echoes of the ancient Earth, which existed prior to the proposed Theia collision 4.5 billion years ago. A research team has analyzed the ...

Earth's oceans may have formed directly from the “star stuff” that coalesced into the early solar system, according to new research – challenging the idea that most of Earth’s water was ...