When a bone grows, our bodies’ proteins help provide the structure. When a muscle tears, proteins help rebuild it. When we ...

Chemists at UCL (University College London) have shown how two of biology’s most fundamental ingredients, RNA (ribonucleic ...

In a new book, physicist Sara Walker argues that assembly theory can explain what life is, and even help scientists create new forms of it.

A team of researchers at the University of Oxford have uncovered crucial evidence for the origin of water on Earth. Using a rare type of meteorite, known as an enstatite chondrite, which has a ...

Scientists find evidence that overturns theories of the origin of water on Earth Date: April 16, 2025 Source: University of Oxford Summary: Researchers have helped overturn the popular theory that ...

Life on Earth and its evolution may have been the result of lightning strikes activating and bringing together natural chemical elements, a new study from Harvard suggests.

A Mississippi State faculty member’s work on plant life symbiosis—a mutually beneficial relationship between living organisms—is pushing back against the newer theory of “single-origin”—that all life ...

Stephen Hawking is one of the most recognisable figures in modern science. His book 'A Brief History of Time' explained modern Physics to the public.