Oxford University Press; £9.99 James Lovelock, an English scientist, devoted the second half of his long life to exploring ...

Scientists have shown that Earth’s basic chemistry solidified within just three million years of the Solar System’s formation. Initially, the planet was barren and inhospitable, missing water and ...

Analysis by researchers at the University of Bern suggests that water and other volatile compounds arrived on Earth from ...

A UCLA astronomer who leads planetary defense missions for NASA says avoiding asteroid impacts is “a problem we can ...

Nobels are awarded in only three scientific categories, but other awards honor researchers across different fields.

Old rocket parts and decommissioned satellites are whizzing around in low Earth orbit, where they risk colliding with the ...

With a low but notable chance of hitting our moon this asteroid is in the sights of scientists. A city-block-sized asteroid ...

After decades of setting the pace for tech and innovation, the U.S. is at risk of surrendering its lead in the race that will ...

Scientists discover chronic stress disrupts brain sugar molecules, causing depression through mechanisms current ...

We often wonder whether there are aliens on other planets but what if we ourselves are aliens on the planet we call home? Panspermia, the “controversial” theory that life “began elsewhere in space” ...

Overview: MATLAB books guide students from basic programming to advanced engineering applicationsPractical examples and ...

Fibroblasts and endothelial cells, both key to structure and blood flow, changed most with age. In older samples, these cells ...