Scientists have detected signatures in ancient rocks that push back the timeframe for the discovery of early life by billions of years.

The new approach looks at the distribution of molecular fragments in material, allowing for broad surveys in degraded ...

Researchers have discovered chemical traces of life in rocks older than 3.3 billion years, offering a rare look at Earth’s ...

Scientists believed that the first complex life on Earth formed 635 million years ago, but new evidence suggested otherwise. It pushed back the origins of life to 2.1 billion years ago, 1.5 billion ...

Earth's earliest life left behind very few chemical traces. Fragile remains, like ancient cells and microbial mats, were buried, squeezed, heated, and broken apart by the planet's shifting crust ...

A machine-learning-enhanced approach to chemical analysis is drastically expanding the chemical record of life on Earth, and ...

Take a moment to breathe in the air around you and really appreciate it, because all that oxygen-rich air will only be around ...

Washington, DC— Pairing cutting-edge chemistry with artificial intelligence, a multidisciplinary team of scientists found ...

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Tom has a Master's degree in Journalism. His editorial work covers anything from archaeology and the environment to technology and culture. Tom has a Master's degree in Journalism. His editorial work ...