From 1.8 billion to 800 million years ago, Earth was seemingly quite a boring place. Continents moved little, and life ...

Washington, DC— Pairing cutting-edge chemistry with artificial intelligence, a multidisciplinary team of scientists found ...

Scientists have detected some of the oldest signs of life on Earth using a new method that recognizes chemical fingerprints ...

By piecing together historical records, topographic maps, and satellite imagery, the research team covered more ground than ...

New research shows RNA is preserved for longer than scientists had realized. This is the oldest RNA ever profiled.

Long ago, some saltwater fish adapted to freshwater — and in doing so, developed an extraordinary sense of hearing rivaling ...

Scientists have extracted the oldest RNA molecules out of a woolly mammoth, gaining a snapshot into the processes at work in ...

Microscopic magnetic fossils found in North Atlantic seafloor sediments may represent components of an internal "GPS system" for an ancient marine creature that used Earth's magnetic field to navigate ...

Among the early Maya, the site of Aguada Fénix would have been a place for everyone to gather for trade, socialization, and ...

A quest to discover new antibiotics is taking a Cal Poly biochemistry research team back in time millions of years as they ...

Tiny symbols engraved into ancient Roman drinkware may be more than merely decorative accents. After two years of research, ...

Scientists mapped the Bas63 bacteriophage in unprecedented detail, uncovering how its tail machinery infects bacteria. The ...