A new study theorizes that both prokaryotes—bacteria and archaea—transitioned into living cells independently of each other.

Scientists probing life’s deepest origins have uncovered evidence that the first free-living cells may have emerged not once, but twice. The findings suggest a striking possibility: life may share one ...

“The closer we look, the more clearly we can see that early biochemical evolution was a hybrid of enzymatic and metal catalysts,” says Joseph Moran from the University of Ottawa, Canada, an ...

Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences directly laid off 75 staff across its social sciences units last week — nearly one-third of employees covered by the restructuring and more than twice the number ...

For life to get started it may have depended on one of the rarest, and currently most expensive, metals on Earth.

For a bid starting as low as $1,000, you could own a bison from the historic buffalo herd on the Flathead Reservation.

What to know about acupuncture, hydrotherapy and cognitive behavioral therapy for chronic low back pain.

While the start to this year's wildfire season in Canada got off to a slow start, it intensified rapidly, with fires ...

With treatments offering only modest benefits, financial resources could be more usefully directed at improving social care ...

Life on Earth is thought to have emerged from the primordial ooze some four billion years ago. Now a provocative new study ...

Fidelity European Trust may have tripped up last year, but it has a strong long-term record, says Max King. Should you invest ...