Life On Earth

Boring personality: Our Sun is far less active than other stars, which is good news for life on Earth

A ‘too active’ star would change the conditions for life on the Earth and so living with a boring star is not the worst option.

Phosphorus lakes in early Earth might've provided the building blocks for life to form

Such phosphorus lakes, also known as alkaline or soda lakes, are found on all seven continents.

Greenwashing? Why wildlife television is finally engaging with the climate emergency

The engagement of wildlife television with climate change is not greenwashing. It is the outcome of new research enabling producers to integrate the defining issue of our time in their main narrative framework – and offering hope.

Asteroid or comet impact triggered abrupt climate change, extinction of ice-age animals

In the last few years, scientists have found a variety of exotic impact-related materials all over the globe.

Calamity in the Asteroid Belt triggered an Ice Age, shaped life in oceans 466 mn years ago: Study

Dust from a gigantic collision in the main asteroid belt 400 million years ago triggered an ice age on Earth.

First life forms on Earth were likely born in ponds and not oceans, study suggests

Oceans didn't retain nitrogenous oxides the way ponds did — a key requirement for life on Earth.

Earth's collapsing systems led to dinosaurs dying out – we're headed the same way

Humans are prove to be ultimate generalists owing more to technology than evolution.

Life on Earth may have begun with an ancient, violent collision that made the Moon

A rain of meteorites was also crucial to life on Earth, but doesn't make a solid theory on its own.

Debate and evidence on earliest life forms on Earth finds new opposition

Also, researchers say that the chemical traces of microbe activity was missing.

Bengali scientist claims to have decoded mystery of how life began

An Indian American scientist has claimed that he has found out how life on earth began more than 3.8 billion years ago.