The chemical element sulfur is essential for all lifeforms and is a building block of proteins and amino acids. By studying ...

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 ...

While previous studies say volcanic or atmospheric lightning may have triggered chemical reactions that created organic ...

The Miller-Urey hypothesis is based on a famous 1952 experiment in which researchers successfully formed these organic ...

Feel like your metabolism, heart, skin or muscles suddenly just aren't the same as they used to be? This might be why.

These gases — composed of carbon, hydrogen, and a halogen, like chlorine — are mostly made by bacteria, algae, fungi, and ...

Dr. Frankenstein might not have needed a lightning bolt to bring his monster to life after all. A new study from Stanford ...

Research suggests that microlightning from water droplets, rather than large lightning strikes, may have triggered life’s ...

Pieter Dorrestein, researcher at the University of California, states that the lack of microbes and molecules prevents the ...

A chemical found in the atmosphere around an exoplanet that leads researchers to believe the planet may harbor life is called ...