The origins of how life on Earth arose remains a deep existential and scientific mystery. It’s long been theorized that our planet’s plentiful oceans could hold key to the secret. A new study ...

We live in one of the life-friendly universes because otherwise we wouldn’t be here to ask the question. Our existence, and our universe itself, is simply an accident, one throw of the cosmic dice.

Lessons for living a happy life, according to science NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Dr. Robert Waldinger, one of the authors of The Good Life: ...

In its two years and three months of exploring the Red Planet, NASA’s Perseverance Rover has been one busy moving Martian science lab.It has detected signs of past chemical reactions, begun ...

Air-BorneCarl Zimmer Dutton, $32. On March 10, 2020, 61 choir members rehearsed in a church hall in Skagit County, Wash. As they sang, a microscopic germ wafted through the air.

Defining life and personhood: What science, philosophy, and religion have to say. Hosted by Jonathan Bastian Mar. 11, 2023 Science. Listen 53 min MORE “As a scientist, the way we think about an ...

Intelligent life may develop on planets as a rule, not an exception — increasing the odds of humanity existing beyond Earth, according to a new study. Researchers from Penn State University ...

The internet erupted in controversy over Felisa Wolfe-Simon and colleagues’ claim of a microbe thriving on arsenic. Nearly 15 years later, she’s pursuing new research on the boundaries of life.