We may be starting to get a grasp on what kick-started life on Earth – and it could help us search for it on other planets ...

Many biological molecules are chiral, meaning they exist in two forms that are mirror images of each other, like left and ...

An analysis of changes to global ecosystems has revealed that almost nowhere is untouched by the influence of humanity, with ...

But real lightning would have struck infrequently—and mostly in open ocean, where organic compounds would have quickly ...

"We're arguing that intelligent life may not require a series of lucky breaks to exist," said lead author Dan Mills of the ...

And could we really end all life on Earth? What if we dropped every nuke at once? Would that get every bug, including roaches and bacteria? “No way, no chance, no prayer — there's not the ...

More than half a billion years ago on a frigid, ice-covered Earth, glaciers stirred up ingredients for complex life by bulldozing land minerals and then depositing them in the ocean, according to ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...