Katrina Twing, a professor of microbiology at Weber State University, was invited to speak at a conference of Japan ...

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Scientists have long believed they understood how life’s genetic code evolved, but new research upends that assumption. By ...

Scientist have concluded water did not arrive as early during Earth's formation as previously thought, an insight that bears directly on the question of when life originated on the planet. The finding ...

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How life evolved is one of the central questions in science and has fascinated humans for centuries. Early Earth was undoubtedly a harsh environment, but we know surprisingly little about the ...

A team led by a Rutgers-New Brunswick scientist has concluded water did not arrive as early during Earth's formation as ...

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A tiny head carved from mammoth ivory looks back at us from the Stone Age. This sculpture, discovered at the archaeological ...

Samples from asteroid Bennu have delivered insights into the origins of Earth’s water and the organic molecules that may have ...