Ancient Hot Springs Reveal How Life Survived on a Toxic Early Earth

Around 2.3 billion years ago, the Great Oxygenation Event (GOE) marked a major turning point in Earth’s history. The increase ...

The 'Bloom cycle' is a newly described biochemical pathway that explains key plant processes

For decades, the basics of plant growth have been taught in grade school: Plants make their food out of water from the soil, ...

Four decades of data give unique insight into the sun's inner life

Scientists have analyzed more than 40 years of astronomical data to uncover evidence that the sun's internal structure subtly ...
Nature

Earth’s oldest crystals suggest an early start for plate tectonics

Houchin and his colleagues studied dozens of zircon crystals from the Jack Hills in Western Australia. These are the oldest ...
Nature

See raining iguanas and coral from the inside out — February’s best science images

Back from the brink. Under a microscope at Chester Zoo, UK, a greater Bermuda snail (Poecilozonites bermudensis) awaits its ...