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Examining how terrestrial life’s building blocks may have first formed

Geology Page - February 4, 2016

Did life begin on land rather than in the sea?

New evidence emerges on the origins of life

Life took hold on land 300 million years earlier than thought

Earthquakes, ‘Mars-quakes,’ and the possibility of life

Rock salt holds the key to a paradigm shift

Geology Page - July 15, 2016

How and why single cell organisms evolved into multicellular life

Geology Page - April 26, 2016

Scientists Find Potential “Missing Link” in Chemistry That Led to Life...

Geology Page - November 7, 2017

Life exploded on Earth after slow rise of oxygen

Geology Page - December 19, 2015

Oxygen was present in the atmosphere much earlier than previously assumed

Geology Page - February 20, 2016

Reconstructed ancient ocean reveals secrets about the origin of life

Geology Page - April 26, 2014

Ancient Minerals: Which Gave Rise to Life?

Geology Page - November 25, 2013

Nearing the limits of life on Earth

Geology Page - January 20, 2016

Study finds Earth’s soils hosted life early

Geology Page - November 18, 2016

Losing genes and surviving: When ‘less is more’ in the evolution...

Geology Page - June 18, 2016

Biochemical ‘fossil’ shows how life may have emerged without phosphate

Geology Page - March 2, 2017

Life on Earth likely started 4.1 billion years ago, much earlier...

Geology Page - October 19, 2015

Earthquakes, ‘Mars-quakes,’ and the possibility of life

Geology Page - September 21, 2016

Young sun-like star shows a magnetic field was critical for life...

Geology Page - March 17, 2016

Is there life on Mars?

Geology Page - June 22, 2016

This is a Wyoming portion of The Phosphoria Formation, a deposit that stretches across several states in the western United States and is the largest source of phosphorus fertilizer in the country

Less life: Limited phosphorus recycling suppressed early Earth’s biosphere

Geology Page - November 28, 2017

Arctic gives clues on worst mass extinction of life

Geology Page - August 25, 2016

Labyrinths as crucibles of life

Geology Page - January 28, 2015

Comet craters — literal melting pots for life on Earth

Geology Page - May 5, 2016

Baffin Island provides insights into origin of Earth’s water

Geology Page - November 13, 2015

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Asteroid impact enriches certain elements in seawater

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Reconstruction of the giant pterosaur Hatzegopteryx launching into the air, just after the forelimbs have left the ground. Credit: Mark Witton

Pterosaurs and other fossil flyers to better engineer human-made flight

April 17, 2020

Dreadnoughtus: Gigantic, exceptionally complete sauropod dinosaur

September 5, 2014

Life reconstruction of the fossil bird Confuciusornis, one of the first beaked birds. Confuciusornis was roughly the size of a crow. It is known from hundreds of beautifully-preserved fossils, found in Early Cretaceous rocks from northeastern China. Credit: Gabriel Ugueto

Bird beak revealed by laser imaging informs early beak function and...

September 26, 2020

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Calculated lattice thermal conductivity of MgSiO3 postperovskite (PPv) and bridgmanite (Brg) under the Earth’s lowermost mantle conditions. Credit: Ehime University

Heat transport property at the lowermost part of the Earth’s mantle