The question of how life could have emerged is one of the most long-standing mysteries in science. In a new study, the ...

Most proteins are left-handed, but scientists have found an ancient molecule that works in both mirror-image forms.

Chemists at UCL and the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology have demonstrated how RNA (ribonucleic acid) might have ...

Consuming a high-fat diet can lead to a variety of health problems - not only weight gain but also an increased risk of ...

Scientists have may have successfully reproduced what's believed to be the first thing that ever lived on Planet Earth.

We know amino acids exist in some kinds of meteorites and interplanetary dust particles. When they rain down on a planet's surface, they import the possible building blocks of life, not ...