Fluctuations in ancient Earth’s environment might have propelled the chemical complexity that laid the foundation for life.

Dissolved Organic Matter is a mysterious and still largely unidentified combination of substances that is thought to be ...

Earth's Inner Core Is Undergoing a Transformation Feb. 10, 2025 — Earth's inner core is undergoing structural transformation. Located 3,000 miles below the Earth's surface, the inner core is ...

Billions of years ago, the molecular building blocks of life emerged from a complex web of chemical and geological processes.

Invisible, omnipresent "forever chemicals" have been linked to a wide range of serious effects on human health, prompting ...

Blood Falls in Antarctica flows unpredictably with iron-rich, salty water. Microbes inside survive without sunlight.

All life on Earth uses L proteins and D sugars. Even Archaea, a large group of microorganisms with unusual chemical compositions ... speculating about making biopolymers that would mirror compounds in ...

The asteroid Bennu has provided groundbreaking insights into the chemistry that may have set the stage for life in the early ...

One leading theory on the origins of life on Earth proposes that simple chemical molecules gradually became more complex, ...

Product safety, measuring the health effects of exposure to chemicals and chemical contaminants in food.

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission returned from space with a sample of an asteroid named Bennu and scientists got to dive into a tale of rock, ice and water that hints at how life could have formed on Earth.

This week, explore what lurks in asteroid dust, marvel at the world’s largest beaded burial, discover an elusive creature ...