When researchers lowered whale bones into the deep ocean, they expected zombie worms to quickly move in. Instead, after 10 ...

For decades, scientists have scoured the skies and planetary surfaces for evidence that life might exist beyond Earth. New ...

The backstory: The law began as Senate Bill 53, authored by state Sen. Scott Wiener, a Democrat from San Francisco, to ...

On Feb. 17, 2016, the gears ground into life at the massive Belo Monte hydroelectric plant, on the “Large Curve” of the Xingu ...

Far from the open ocean trenches, divers in a shallow Mexican bay have found a vertical portal into the unknown. The Taam Ja’ Blue Hole plunges so far beneath Chetumal Bay that scientists have not yet ...

A new theoretical study argues that many standard beliefs about consciousness are rooted in a misleading concept of how the ...

Bone-eating zombie worms vanished from Pacific canyons during a 10-year study, raising concerns that oxygen loss is altering ...

Scientists have uncovered new details explaining why iron oxide minerals are such effective long-term carbon traps in soils.

A new method to capture carbon dioxide from the air has been developed at the University of Helsinki's chemistry department.

NASA’s Mars rover finds organic signals in mudstone that resemble microbial activity, sparking new debate over life on the ...

Scientists at Johns Hopkins Medicine say results of a new study are advancing efforts to exploit a new target for Alzheimer's ...

Synthetic biology is the design and construction of new biological parts, devices, and systems, and the re-design of existing, natural biological systems for useful purposes. The cell-free biogenesis ...