A scientist rethinks life’s beginnings with a testable mechanism reshaping how we understand biology, evolution, and ourselves. Bruce Damer reveals a vision that moves from volcanic pools to humanity’s future.

New telescope data reveals possible biosignatures, hinting at life on a distant ocean-covered world in the habitable zone.

In this inspiring episode, Gregory Meredith shares his unique journey—from early childhood insights into the fundamental particles of the universe to revolutionizing concurrent computation and contributing to systems biology.

NASA's Europa Clipper mission will explore Europa, one of Jupiter's moons, to see if it has conditions suitable for life.

Philip Kurian’s work at Howard University reveals how quantum mechanics boosts information processing in all living things on Earth.

A smorgasbord of complex organic and other molecules

A new study in Nature reveals complex eukaryotic cells began forming 2.9 billion years ago, a billion years earlier than thought, upending theories on the origin of plants and animals.

Oceans larger than Earth's, deep volcanos and rocky interiors could create the conditions for life, planetary scientists suggest

Studies of samples from the asteroid Bennu suggest that the early solar system presented the conditions necessary for the emergence of life.

Researchers have analyzed data from NASA's Dawn spacecraft and concluded that organic material on Ceres likely came from space.