In the oceans and on land, scientists are discovering rare, transitional organisms that bridge the gap between Earth’s simplest cells and today’s complex ones.

Human intelligence wasn’t a cosmic evolutionary fluke, some scientists say. The case against cosmic loneliness is growing.

Tiny zircon crystals are revealing that Earth’s earliest history may have included surprisingly complex tectonic activity.

A scientist has revealed the terrifying - and surprising - reality of what you might see and feel if you fell into a black hole ...

Humanity’s dominance on Earth stems from an extraordinary ability to cooperate flexibly in vast numbers; unlike other species ...

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In a January 26 ruling, a Japanese district court held the North Korean government liable for grave human rights violations against Koreans and Japanese citizens lured to North Korea through its ...

Our planet has experienced dramatic climate shifts throughout its history, oscillating between freezing "icehouse" periods and warm "greenhouse" states. Scientists have long linked these climate ...

ARC Early Career Industry Fellow, School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, The University of Melbourne Ben Mather receives funding from the Australian Research Council. Adriana Dutkiewicz ...

Four astronauts returned to Earth early Thursday morning after leaving the International Space Station a month early because of a medical issue. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 safely splashed down off the ...

Particles from Earth’s atmosphere have been carried into space by solar wind and have been landing on the moon for billions of years, mixing into the lunar soil, according to a new study. The research ...

Mars looks familiar from afar, but surviving there means creating a protective oasis in a hostile world. Instead of shipping construction materials from Earth, researchers are exploring how to use ...