Solar Innovations Solar energy has been around for quite some time, but recent innovations are making it more efficient and ...

Roughly 300,000 years ago, our species first appeared on the African landscape before spreading globally and coming to ...

It measures 130 to 300 feet across, a pebble compared to the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs, which is estimated to have been six to nine miles in length. On the other hand, on Feb. 15, 2013, an ...

Humanity may not be extraordinary but rather the natural evolutionary outcome for our planet and likely others, according to ...

For decades, scientists believed that intelligent life was a rare cosmic accident. A new study challenges that idea, arguing ...

We suggest that as the Earth changed physically and chemically over time, its surface conditions allowed for a greater diversity of habitats for life. And these changes operate on geologic timescales ...

Initially developed by theoretical physicist Brandon Carter in 1983, the “hard steps” model argues that our evolutionary ...

Fraud, Arrogance, and Tragedy in the Quest to Cure Alzheimer’s,” Charles Piller looks how the amyloid hypothesis took over ...

Firefly Aerospace 's moon-bound spacecraft has provided the closest thing to a reflecting pool in space, showing Earth as an ...

Researchers believe they have rediscovered a mysterious star system first spotted in 2011. If true, the alien sun and its ...

Scientists study how tiny pigments in leaves use quantum mechanics to transfer energy efficiently for better solar panels.