Like many young children, Sijbren Otto was fascinated by the history of life and wanted to dig up dinosaurs when he grew up. But life doesn’t always go to plan, and he ended up becoming not a ...

When a bone grows, our bodies’ proteins help provide the structure. When a muscle tears, proteins help rebuild it. When we fight an infection, transport oxygen in our blood or send messages to a cell, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new study uncovers how amino acids could have linked with RNA under early Earth conditions, shedding light on the origin of life ...

The chemical element sulfur is essential for all lifeforms and is a building block of proteins and amino acids. By studying sulfur-based molecules in space, scientists are working to understand the ...

NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover has spent more than 13 years exploring the 3.5-billion-year-old Gale crater, slowly climbing a central mound known as Mount Sharp. Satellite data suggest this formation may ...

Astronomers have discovered the first true sugar molecule, erythrulose, in interstellar space near the centre of the Milky ...

A multi-wavelength image of the center of the Milky Way. Looks delicious. (NASA, ESA, SSC, CXC and STScI) The latest ...

This type of reaction probably plays an important role in the formation of complex organic molecules in the universe—and possibly in the origin of life. It also opens up new strategies for the ...