Scientists redid an experiment that showed how life on Earth could have started. They found a new possibility
New research suggests “microlightning” exchanges among water droplets in Earth’s early atmosphere may have sparked the ...
HBO's "Unforgettable" New Drama Show ‘First Day On Earth' Will Fill The 'I May Destroy You' Void In Your Life
Michaela Coel has proven to be a force to be reckoned with in the industry, especially after her series I May Destroy You won ...
All Life on Earth Comes From One Single Ancestor. And It's So Much Older Than We Thought.
Life on Earth had to begin somewhere, and scientists think that “somewhere” is LUCA—or the Last Universal Common Ancestor.
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How soda lakes may have sparked life on Earth
Large soda lakes - those without natural runoff - could have built and sustained extremely high concentrations of phosphorus.
‘Microlightning’ May Have Sparked Life on Earth, New Research Suggests
The Miller-Urey hypothesis is based on a famous 1952 experiment in which researchers successfully formed these organic ...
Tiny Sparks in Water May Have Triggered Life on Earth, a New Study Suggests
While previous studies say volcanic or atmospheric lightning may have triggered chemical reactions that created organic ...
Earth’s oceans weren’t always blue, scientists say
But while lifeless during that time, the planet was already covered by vast oceans dotted with hydrothermal vent systems that ...
New Research Suggests Earth’s First Oceans Weren’t Blue: They Were Green
Scientists have discovered evidence that Earth's oceans were once green, hinting that this could be a marker of early life, ...
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Ancient glacier finding reveals clues to how complex life on Earth evolved, scientists say
Earth’s earliest forms of life ... After the end of the Neoproterozoic came the rise of more complex life, with the first appearance of marine creatures sporting armor, shells and spikes.
Supernovas may have played a role in two of Earth’s largest mass extinctions, study suggests
New research suggests the violent explosions of dying stars may have caused two of Earth’s biggest mass extinctions millions ...
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All Life on Earth Comes From One Single Ancestor. And It's So Much Older Than We Thought.
Life on Earth had to begin somewhere ... To zero in on exactly when LUCA appeared on Earth, scientists had to work backward. First, the team compared genes in living species and counted the ...