chemistry How the first life-forms on Earth could have spawned from something not alive You might be the result of a chemical reaction that happened billions of years ago. By Elizabeth Rayne 1 day ago Building an insect Air Force, using flies to detect chemical weapons You are what you eat, and it turns out flies sometimes eat chemical weapons. By Cassidy Ward 1 month ago We could find out how life on Earth spawned from largest molecules ever found around forming planets If aliens aren't out there now, they might be in the future. By Elizabeth Rayne 2 months ago Life’s peptide building blocks could have originated in space Wherever we came from, we're glad we made it to Earth. It's nice here. By Cassidy Ward 3 months ago Gasoline could soon come from... gasoline exhaust Bye, pollution, because CO2 can now be turned into 1,000 times more gasoline. By Elizabeth Rayne 3 months ago The early Earth soaked up interstellar water vapor like a sponge We're awash in a vast cosmic ocean, we just need to drink it up. By Cassidy Ward 3 months ago Is deadly poison the secret to the emergence of life on Earth and elsewhere? Cyanide turns out to be the ultimate in acquired allergies. By Cassidy Ward 3 months ago Superman would be jealous of this super-material, stronger than the Man of Steel himself Like, it's twice as strong as steel. By Elizabeth Rayne 3 months ago If you're a comet, it's not easy being green. Now we know why. Green color in comets is all in its head, not its tail. By Phil Plait 4 months ago Captain Planet approved! Plant-based plastics rapidly break down into fertilizer The power is yours! By Cassidy Ward 6 months ago Load More
How the first life-forms on Earth could have spawned from something not alive You might be the result of a chemical reaction that happened billions of years ago. By Elizabeth Rayne 1 day ago
Building an insect Air Force, using flies to detect chemical weapons You are what you eat, and it turns out flies sometimes eat chemical weapons. By Cassidy Ward 1 month ago
We could find out how life on Earth spawned from largest molecules ever found around forming planets If aliens aren't out there now, they might be in the future. By Elizabeth Rayne 2 months ago
Life’s peptide building blocks could have originated in space Wherever we came from, we're glad we made it to Earth. It's nice here. By Cassidy Ward 3 months ago
Gasoline could soon come from... gasoline exhaust Bye, pollution, because CO2 can now be turned into 1,000 times more gasoline. By Elizabeth Rayne 3 months ago
The early Earth soaked up interstellar water vapor like a sponge We're awash in a vast cosmic ocean, we just need to drink it up. By Cassidy Ward 3 months ago
Is deadly poison the secret to the emergence of life on Earth and elsewhere? Cyanide turns out to be the ultimate in acquired allergies. By Cassidy Ward 3 months ago
Superman would be jealous of this super-material, stronger than the Man of Steel himself Like, it's twice as strong as steel. By Elizabeth Rayne 3 months ago
If you're a comet, it's not easy being green. Now we know why. Green color in comets is all in its head, not its tail. By Phil Plait 4 months ago
Captain Planet approved! Plant-based plastics rapidly break down into fertilizer The power is yours! By Cassidy Ward 6 months ago
