A new study suggests Earth's oceans may have been green during the Archean eon, around 3.8 to 1.8 billion years ago. The ...

Nearly three-fourths of Earth is covered by oceans, making the planet look like a pale blue dot from space. But Japanese ...

The reason Earth’s oceans may have looked different in the ancient past is to do with their chemistry and the evolution of ...

The recent paper's case for green oceans in the Archaean eon starts with an observation: waters around the Japanese volcanic ...

Deep soils vital for life host an active new microbial phylum, CSP1-3. These microbes may be key to innovative water ...

A devastating meteorite strike over three billion years ago may have been just what early life needed to thrive. While it’s easy to imagine such a collision as purely destructive, new research ...

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While it might not have made it to the headline, some management in their concalls after their Q1 results have given first indication that the pricing pressure from China has eased a bit. This is ...

Black holes may not be as life-destroying as we thought. A surprising study reveals that the powerful radiation from active ...

Amino acids — organic molecules that combine to form proteins — are life’s most basic building blocks and would have been the first step toward the evolution of life. “It’s recognized ...