To better understand the circadian clock in modern-day cyanobacteria, a Japanese research team has studied ancient ...

A new study proposes that seeding the orb’s underground ocean with microbes might help us learn how to make other worlds ...

This evolution continued through at least two Snowball Earth events, about 2.4 and 0.7 billion years ago, when the planet was covered in ice, and through the Neoproterozoic Oxygenation event ...

For most of human history, the overall population is believed to have remained quite low. But since the early 1800s, the ...

Investigating ancient cyanobacterial timekeeping systems sheds light on the evolution of circadian rhythms and their ...

At Colorado College, research is more than just a pursuit—it’s an experience. Our students and faculty collaborate on innovative projects across disciplines, contributing to real-world solutions and ...

The Earth started as a mixture of gas and dust around the Sun and grew as it collided with asteroids and dust particles.

Another strong argument for this link between glaciation and volcanic activity is how Earth transitioned out of so-called snowball Earth events hundreds of millions of years ago. And these are ...

Hidden in every tenth of a degree of extra warmth are hair-trigger switches built into Earth systems that are critical for ...