An archaeon reads the same codon in two different ways, overturning a doctrine that has stood for 60 years. Living organisms ...

Surface-bound gels may have offered the structure and chemistry needed for life to take hold on Earth—and possibly elsewhere. How did life first take shape? A group of scientists from Japan, Malaysia, ...

The results indicate that the elements essential for life formed within extreme, highly energetic environments deep inside ...

Drawing on the University of Arizona’s renowned strength in interferometry, astronomers from Steward Observatory are leading ...

Across all 1,000-year simulations, the team observed no meaningful decline in extreme heat events. Instead, heatwaves remained above preindustrial levels for at least a millennium. In certain regions, ...

Researchers studying Yellowstone’s depths discovered that small earthquakes can recharge underground microbial life.

Researchers monitoring the unstable Barry Landslide in Alaska have identified a new class of short, high-frequency seismic signals that appear seasonally. Since 2020, researchers have equipped the Bar ...

Most people worldwide aren’t getting enough omega-3s, despite clear health benefits. More than three-quarters of people around the world are not consuming enough Omega-3, according to new findings ...

Depression doesn’t affect everyone in the same way — and now scientists say it may influence physical health differently, too. In a seven-year study of nearly 6,000 adults, researchers found that ...

A Thai hospital’s new fast-track dialysis protocol cut deaths from a rare metformin complication nearly in half. The study ...

Small, pale spots on the reddish-orange landscape of Mars have turned out to be a new clue that parts of the planet may once have hosted wet, oasis-like environments with humid conditions and rainfall ...

The authors conclude that their findings offer a potential explanation for how the Black Death began and moved through Europe, linking climatic disruption, famine, and the movement of grain during a ...