Vast amounts of organic carbon settle on the seafloor each year, coming from decaying marine life and from living (or once ...

Astronomers capture the universe’s brightest era, revealing when galaxies like the Milky Way first formed and began to shine.

Ancestral Menominee people in what’s now Michigan’s Upper Peninsula grew maize and other crops on large tracts of land despite harsh conditions.

Astronomers have found a rare form of methanol, a type of alcohol, in a planet-forming disk, providing a critical step in ...

Published in the Journal of Palaeogeography (Chinese Edition), this work underscores the journal’s role as a hub for ...

Himalayas reiterate a tale of planetary transformation — of drifting continents, lost oceans, and the birth of life itself.

A prevailing theory in the scientific community, known as the "RNA World" hypothesis, suggests that life may have originally ...

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† Department of Orthopaedics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China ‡ Key Laboratory of Clinical Laboratory Diagnostics (Ministry of Education), ...

This story is part of our special issue on Earth Day. Read the rest of our stories here. Since the first Earth Day in 1970, the United States and nations around the world have made significant ...

The horseshoe-shaped Midcontinent Rift is a 2,000-kilometer scar that is also called North America's 'broken heart' by enthusiasts.