The study of early Earth microbial life and its associated organic matter provides crucial insights into the origins and evolution of life on our planet. Recent work has illuminated the remarkable ...

Understanding where and in what quantities essential elements for life have existed on Earth's surface helps explain the origin and evolution of life. Phosphorus is one such element, forming the ...

Life on Earth might not be as Earthly as we think. A recent research published in The Conversation explores a revived and ...

Hints of ancient microbes in Martian rocks and a revived theory about our cosmic ancestry are forcing scientists to rethink ...

Earth was not always the blue-green world we know today: the early Earth's oxygen levels were about a million times lower than we now experience. There were no forests and no animals. For ancient ...

The question of when life began on Earth is as old as human culture. “It’s one of these fundamental human questions: When did life appear on Earth?” said Professor Martin Whitehouse of the Swedish ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. We’ve pieced together a remarkably detailed timeline of ...

In a recent review published in the journal Microbiome, researchers synthesized evidence on how maternal intestinal bacteria, human milk components, and the maternal environment influence infant ...

Food additives eaten during pregnancy can change gut bacteria and raise later inflammation and weight gain risk, even without ...

New parents have plenty to fret about – sleeping, feeding, the colour of their newborn’s poo – but their baby’s microbiome probably isn’t high on the list. According to experts, it should be. “The ...

Using advanced brain imaging and machine learning, scientists have uncovered how gut bacteria in early childhood could influence the wiring of young brains, offering new clues to the causes of anxiety ...