For decades, scientists assumed that life on Earth emerged through a chain of highly improbable flukes. But a new theory ...

Humans evolved late in Earth history. While this timing inspired the conclusion that humanlike life is a cosmic improbability ...

Scientists challenge the idea that intelligent life is rare. They argue that evolution follows planetary changes, not random ...

Humanity may not be extraordinary but rather the natural evolutionary outcome for our planet and likely others, according to a new model for how intelligent life developed on Earth.

For decades, scientists believed that intelligent life was a rare cosmic accident. A new study challenges that idea, arguing ...

Roughly 300,000 years ago, our species first appeared on the African landscape before spreading globally and coming to ...

Humanity may not be extraordinary but rather the natural evolutionary outcome for our planet and likely others, according to ...

The current model for Rickettsia infection involves ... because membrane contacts for interorganelle communication in eukaryotic cells form connections from 10-80 nanometers wide.

Mitosis orchestrates eukaryotic cell division, maintaining genetic fidelity and playing a key role in development, tissue homeostasis, and cancer progression.