Evolution might allow for multiple optimal solutions, depending on the constraints and conditions under which an organism ...

Watch the Earth's tectonic plates grow, shrink, and jostle for position in this new model of the last billion years on the ...

And few fossils capture our imagination quite like those of the dinosaurs who lived millions of years ago. This interactive ...

Scientists have traced the evolutionary origin of humans' outer ears to the gills of ancient fish through a series of ...

Astronomers have made a groundbreaking discovery in the WASP-132 system, finding two new planets that defy previous ...

Some amino acids can be built in two ways that mirror each other, like a pair of right and left hands. Life on Earth uses the ...

Scientists found that fruit fly embryos can develop through multiple genetic paths, not just one. This challenges traditional ideas.

Although they don't impact the surface directly, historical evidence and simulations suggest airbursts can pack a punch.

and the geologist who ten years ago was embarrassed by the shortness of the time allowed to him for the evolution of the earth's crust is now still more embarrassed by the superabundance with ...

Deeply hidden in Earth's mantle there are two huge "islands" the size of a continent. New research from Utrecht University ...

A recent study at Earth-Life Science Institute (ELSI) at Institute of Science Tokyo has developed a theoretical model that uncovers the dual role of polyploidy—organisms carrying extra genome ...