Scientists discovered 1.5-million-year-old footprints in Kenya, revealing two hominin species coexisted and interacted.

Scientists used genes from unicellular protists to reprogram mouse cells into stem cells. These cells developed into a living ...

The quest to transform biology into a tool for sustainable production is making strides in the field of metabolic engineering ...

One of the biggest scientific mysteries is where life on Earth started.

Jupiter reaches opposition — Earth is between the other planet and the sun — on Dec. 7, when not only is it at its closest and brightest, but it is also viewable all night, rising as the sun sets, and ...

Earth formed 4.54 billion years ago. The first period of the history of the Earth was known as the Hadean Period which lasted ...

Most of us were fed a string of myths as children, including that the moon is made of cheese. Well, sorry to break it to you, ...

New research that relied heavily on fossilized feces and vomit -- evidence of who is eating what and who is eating whom - ...