New study estimates the odds of life and intelligence emerging beyond our planet
Humans have been wondering whether we alone in the universe since antiquity.
We know from the geological record that life started relatively quickly, as soon...
Scientists use pressure to make liquid magnetism breakthrough
It sounds like a riddle: What do you get if you take two small diamonds, put a small magnetic crystal between them and squeeze...
Ocean circulation may hold the key to finding life on exoplanets
Researchers across the globe have long tackled the question: Is there life on other planets, and if so, how do we find it? Faced...
Longstanding mystery of matter and antimatter may be solved
An element which could hold the key to the long-standing mystery around why there is much more matter than antimatter in our Universe has...
COVID-19 crisis causes 17% drop in global carbon emissions: study
The COVID-19 global lockdown has had an "extreme" effect on daily carbon emissions, but it is unlikely to last—according to a new analysis by...
Ribs evolved for movement first, then co-opted for breathing
When early tetrapods transitioned from water to land the way they breathed air underwent an evolutionary revolution. Fish use muscles in their head to...
Scientists use light to accelerate supercurrents, access forbidden light, quantum world
Scientists are using light waves to accelerate supercurrents and access the unique properties of the quantum world, including forbidden light emissions that one day...
Curiosity rover finds clues to chilly ancient Mars buried in rocks
By studying the chemical elements on Mars today—including carbon and oxygen—scientists can work backwards to piece together the history of a planet that once...
Climate change will turn coastal Antarctica green, say scientists
Scientists have created the first ever large-scale map of microscopic algae as they bloomed across the surface of snow along the Antarctic Peninsula coast....
Probing materials at deep-Earth conditions to decipher Earth’s evolutionary tale
Far below the Earth's surface, about 1,800 miles deep, lies a roiling magmatic region sandwiched between the solid silicate-based mantle and molten iron-rich core:...
Long-term data show hurricanes are getting stronger
In almost every region of the world where hurricanes form, their maximum sustained winds are getting stronger. That is according to a new study...
