New research suggests “microlightning” exchanges among water droplets in Earth’s early atmosphere may have sparked the ...

About 4 billion years ago, Earth began to show signs of the conditions that allowed the first cells to take hold and populate ...

For years, scientists believed that our first memories vanished because the brain wasn’t developed enough to store them. But ...

Large soda lakes may have provided the high phosphorus levels needed for life to begin on Earth, offering a new explanation ...

Ancient microbes illustrate a particular kind of respiration in which carbon dioxide and hydrogen are combined to form acetic ...

Early-life adversity affects over half of children worldwide, increasing the risk of cognitive and mental health issues later ...

Imagine a world where the oxygen you need changes dramatically between day and night. Your world shifts from being rich in oxygen (oxic) in the day, so you have energy to hunt for food, to ...