Elon Musk says SpaceX’s Starship could become one of the most important milestones in the evolution of life, arguing the fully reusable rocket could make humanity multi-planetary.

Ushikuvirus is a newly identified giant virus that infects amoebas, adding to a growing group of oversized viruses that scientists believe may have played an important role in the emergence of complex ...

The history of life on Earth is a tale of slow burns and sudden explosions, shaped by environmental upheavals and ...

A study presents a striking example of cooperative organization among cells as a potential force in the evolution of multicellular life. The study is based on the fluid dynamics of cooperative feeding ...

Paleontologists who study earth’s ancient fossil record might not seem to be the obvious choice when asking about the prevalence of intelligent life in the cosmos. But paleontology, the study of ...

Yet modern biology has revealed that cells are preternaturally sophisticated assemblages — literally automated, miniaturized factories. How could the evidence have been overwhelming but now orthodoxy ...

Ushikuvirus, an amoeba-infecting giant virus, joins the family of giant viruses that may have driven the evolution of complex ...

There are "costs of life" that mechanical physics cannot calculate. A clear example is the energy required to keep specific ...