As glaciers and ice sheets retreat, they are exposing objects, organisms, and landscapes that have been locked away for ...

Discover how researchers uncovered the oldest water on Earth and what it revealed about life billions of years ago.

They built four models through which it could distinguish things with biological antecedents from things which lacked them.

D imaging reveals ancient phages virus with features dating back billions of years - and potential to fight today’s dangerous ...

New research shows RNA is preserved for longer than scientists had realized. This is the oldest RNA ever profiled.

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

The shattering of Nuna may have built the perfect environment for life to evolve From 1.8 billion to 800 million years ago, ...

A 22-centimeter alabaster vase, inscribed to the Persian king Xerxes I, has revealed that narcotics were part of everyday ...

Through cutting-edge forensic science and ancient DNA analysis, scientists have solved one of medieval Europe's most enduring archaeological mysteries. The victim, Duke Béla of Macsó, was a member of ...

Ancient Greek cartographers, from Anaximander to Ptolemy, turned myth and measurement into world maps, shaping latitude and ...

Scientists have detected some of the oldest signs of life on Earth using a new method that recognizes chemical fingerprints ...

A quest to discover new antibiotics is taking a Cal Poly biochemistry research team back in time millions of years as they ...