Researchers have discovered that natural "sunscreen" compounds found in algae and cyanobacteria may also support skin and heart health. By comparing two mycosporine-like amino acids, the team showed ...

A 13-atom molecule containing sulfur has been discovered in interstellar space for the first time, providing insight into the origins of the chemistry of life.

The complex precursors to biological molecules can form spontaneously in interstellar space, according to a lab experiment ...

“We usually think of water as so benign, but when it’s divided in the form of little droplets, water is highly reactive,” ...

Scientists have shown that the building blocks of proteins can form naturally in deep space. This means the raw ingredients for life may exist long before planets are formed.

"We used to think that only very simple molecules could be created in these clouds. But we have shown that this is clearly ...

The orange juice that many people like to drink with breakfast is naturally high in sugar. But it also contains citric acid, ...

Hungarian biologist Tibor Gánti is an obscure figure. Now, more than a decade after his death, his ideas about how life began ...

Ever since I watched “Don’t Die” on Netflix, I’ve wondered, Can you really turn back the hands of time? Anti-aging biohacker Bryan Johnson seems to think the answer to my question is yes, and claims ...

An atmospheric scientist at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of The University of Alabama System, has ...

Through new experiments, researchers in Japan and Germany have recreated the chemical conditions found in the subsurface ...