Scientists have discovered that complex life began evolving much earlier than traditional models suggested. Using an expanded ...

This study explains why helpful DNA changes appear often but rarely spread, because environments shift too fast for evolution ...

Fresh evidence suggests early Earth wasn’t locked under a rigid stagnant lid but was already experiencing intense subduction.

A new simulation model shows Earth's evolution over the past 100 million years in a very detailed manner. The sun sets behind artist Luke Jerram's 'Floating Earth' at Pennington Flash on November 22, ...

Human beings have been at the center of ecological change on Earth for thousands of years. But as history shows, no species ...

Complex life may have started its rise in Earth’s oxygen-free oceans nearly a billion years earlier than anyone imagined.

Two enormous structures that sit at the border between the Earth's mantle and its core have puzzled scientists for decades.

"One Hand Clapping" draws from neuroscience, evolution, philosophy and a rich tapestry of cultural references to examine how ...

A new study reveals how specialized microbes might convert Martian regolith into durable, life-supporting structures. Since ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: YueStock Shutterstock Evolution is the way groups of life-forms change over time to ...

We have only one example of biology forming in the universe – life on Earth. But what if life can form in other ways? How do ...