The brain wants peace and predictability, but dopamine drives us to seek out and solve new problems. We’re built to be ...

The break up of the supercontinent Nuna transformed the Earth’s surface, creating shallow marine habitats that may have given ...

Scientists have traced the origins of complex life to the breakup of the supercontinent Nuna 1.5 billion years ago. This tectonic shift reduced volcanic carbon emissions, expanded shallow seas, and ...

An international team of researchers has published a report on how Mars samples should be handled from a scientific point of view when they arrive on Earth. Two scientists from Göttingen are the only ...

New research reveals that Earth’s so-called “Boring Billion” was a time of dramatic change beneath the surface.

Alien: Earth” has been renewed for season 2, with filming set to begin in 2026. Here's everything we know so far.

The study of young stars like EK Draconis has offered fresh insights into the violent activity of our Sun in its youth. By observingcoronal mass ejections (CMEs) from these stars, scientists aim to ...

Africa’s economic growth is hinging on creating 1 billion jobs by the end of the century. Where will it find them?

Down here on Earth we don't usually notice, but the Sun is frequently ejecting huge masses of plasma into space. These are called coronal mass ejections (CMEs). They often occur together with sudden ...

A study led by researchers from the University of Sydney and the University of Adelaide has revealed how the breakup of an ...

Life’s origin story just became even more mysterious. Using mathematics and information theory, Robert G. Endres of Imperial College London found that the spontaneous emergence of life from nonliving ...

A study published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society has recreated in the laboratory chemical reactions that may have occurred on Earth about four billion years ago, producing the first ...