Scientists are trying to understand how complex life emerged on Earth about 2 billion years ago. Our microbial ancestors could be the key.

Government officials have said little about Trump’s most recent social media post on the matter. The president cited “tremendous interest” in the files, whatever they might contain. Perhaps the most ...

There is a silence in the night sky that has bothered me for as long as I can remember. ” Richard Feynman’s reflection lingers because it feels personal.

A new DNA analysis suggests that the genetic legacy of the Mongol Empire is likely more complicated than historians previously assumed ...

A new interdisciplinary study published in Nature Communications provides the first detailed insights, from a biomolecular and archaeological perspective, into the lives of people living in Central ...

President Donald Trump criticized Barack Obama for his comments on aliens. Then, he said we should release more files. Joe Biden signed disclosure bill.

Scientists might have just found Earth's icy, distant cousin a few hundred million light-years away. HD 137010 b is one of ...

Most people with non-African ancestry carry roughly 1–4% Neanderthal ancestry spread across their genomes, a legacy of contact after modern humans expanded into Eurasia. But the X chromosome, one of ...

President Donald Trump criticized Barack Obama for his comments on aliens. Then, he said we should release more files. Joe Biden signed disclosure bill.

Researchers analyzed DNA from a 5,500-year-old hunter-gatherer community’s burial site to understand family connections. The ...