A new study used mathematical formulas and demonstrated that it’s highly unlikely life began on Earth. Instead, the ...

Each year on Earth Day, celebrations meant to draw attention to the planet’s environmental issues and natural resources, as well as climate change, take place across the globe. But did you know there ...

Scientists at Yale and in Singapore have devised what may be the ultimate acid test — a comprehensive model for estimating the origins of Earth’s habitability, based in part on ocean acidity. The new ...

Emerging evidence suggests that plate tectonics, or the recycling of Earth's crust, may have begun much earlier than ...