Looking for molecular evidence of life on other worlds is tricky, but a test based on the reactivity of carbon compounds ...

When it comes to the space sciences, nothing is quite as exciting as the search for alien life, and NASA thinks it has a good idea of where to look.

Top Prize Editor’s Choice by Jesse Plotkin, Department of Neuroscience and Waggoner Center for Alcohol and Addiction Research Every year, the College of Natural Sciences invites faculty, staff and ...

Explore 15 strange facts about the human body that sound surreal. From glowing skin to acid-proof stomachs, our biology is stranger than fiction.

Deep-Sea Vents and the Mystery of Life’s Origins - our report in category News in DiveInside - the fresh online magazine of Taucher.Net ...

Why it matters: While not evidence of life, these discoveries show that ancient Mars had complex organic chemistry, ...

UFOs are back in the news, implying that non-humans have nothing better to do than zip about our skies. The idea is completely absurd, especially given our embarrassingly modest place in the universe.

Reports are emerging of black rain falling over parts of Iran in the hours after US-Israeli airstrikes on oil depots on the weekend, with some outlets describing it as “acid rain”. Iranian residents ...

A man on trial for murder said he was "shocked and appalled" after he heard sulphuric acid had been used in a fatal attack. Danny Cahalane, 38, was attacked with acid at his home on Lipson Road, ...

Emails and documents from the batch of published files related to the Epstein case refer to the chemical several times, including in 2013, in the context of water desalinization, which would have been ...

A new NASA analysis concludes that it is "reasonable to hypothesize" that living things could have formed the odd organic ...