Along with nitrogen and carbon, phosphorus is an essential element for life on Earth. It is a central component of molecules ...

Lane Bess, a tech investor and CEO, has now gone to space twice on Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin. Each time he said it reminded him ...

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The building blocks of life on Earth may have been fueled by tiny sparks hopping between water droplets.

This discovery challenges our understanding of Earth’s early history and could shed light on the origins of life.

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In this week's Short Wave roundup, Berly McCoy and Regina Barber talk about the origins of life on Earth, what bird brains ...

Nasa astronaut Sunita Williams and her fellow three crewmates, including Butch Wilmore, finally touched down on Earth after ...

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In this week's Short Wave roundup, Berly McCoy and Regina Barber talk about the origins of life on Earth, what bird brains illuminate about human speech and how ADHD is mischaracterized on TikTok.

NASA's robotic vehicle has found unprecedentedly large organic molecules on the red planet, although scientists have not been able to determine their origin. They were formed 3.7 billion years ago ...

When scientists look to the skies for clues about life's origins, water is one of the first things they seek. Life, as it's ...