Creating synthetic life in a lab? SpudCell falls short of the goal, but raises even more useful questions

In a 3.5-billion-year-old clay-rich rock from Gale Crater, NASA’s Curiosity rover identified 21 carbon-based molecules — including a nitrogen-bearing ring structure linked to the chemistry that can precede RNA and DNA

Voyager 1 will reach a new milestone in November 2026: it will be so far from Earth that a radio signal travelling at the speed of light will take a full 24 hours to reach it — a distance humanity’s most distant spacecraft crossed in just over 49 years of

Ancient feeding-related neuropeptides regulate alloparenting in ants

Researchers have identified ancient feeding-related neuropeptides that regulate alloparenting behavior in ants.

Dimming the Sun Would Help Lower the Risks of El Niño. No, Really

Another SpaceX rocket launch may be visible from North Carolina Thursday morning

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled for an early morning launch on July 9, with potential visibility for observers in North Carolina.

100,000 years ago, one of the earliest Homo sapiens outside Africa was stabbed in the face, analysis finds

New analysis of ancient human fossils reveals some of the earliest documented evidence of stabbing and interpersonal violence.