Before sunlight ever reached the planet, another force may have sparked life—electricity. Deep beneath the ocean floor, ...

Microbiologists discover bacteria that eliminate toxic sulfide and use iron minerals to grow. An international group of ...

Most people release about a litre of gas per day and half of that is hydrogen. But hydrogen is more than just the gas behind ...

A new experiment reveals how Earth's earliest life may have sparked from nothing but deep-sea heat, metal, and a whisper of ...

Scientists discover a “runaway bulldozer” in ant DNA that silences smell genes, keeping chemical communication - and colony ...

Scientists have decoded venomous snake strikes using advanced 3D video. The study analysed 36 species, revealing varied ...

Before life evolved nerves and humans built electric circuits, motion arose with chemistry. In the earliest organisms, waves ...

Farts are causing a stink in the research world, but in a positive way. Melbourne scientists have revealed how hydrogen is made and used in the human gut. Though infamous for making farts ignite, ...

Melbourne scientists have revealed how hydrogen is made and used in the human gut. Though infamous for making flatulence ...

The energy-efficient method breaks down Teflon into harmless carbon and sodium fluoride, which can be used directly, without ...