Life on Earth

Discoveries Scientists discover how life began before Earth’s first universal ancestor

A new study shows rare duplicated genes called universal paralogs can reveal what life looked like before Earth’s first universal ancestor, LUCA.

Green Impact Study finds microbes used oxygen far earlier than scientists thought Rebecca Shavit

Discoveries Giant Prototaxites fossil reveals an extinct branch of complex life on Earth Joshua Shavit

Space Complex building blocks of life form spontaneously in space, study finds Joseph Shavit

Green Impact Dark oxygen discovery in the deep ocean sparks debate over life’s origins Joshua Shavit

Green Impact Scientists are discovering new species faster than ever, study finds Mac Oliveau