Over 500 million years ago, during the Cambrian period, all major animal phyla appeared rapidly in what is known as the Cambrian explosion, which established a completely new Earth-life system. This ...

Researchers at the University of Tokyo have created an RNA molecule that can not just replicate, but “evolve” into a diverse range of more complex molecules. This find could plug a major gap in the ...

Hal Drakesmith receives funding from Medical Research Council UK and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Jon Wade does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or ...

This image shows how a divergent chemical mixture can 'evolve' into a mixture of species, or be dominated by just one. We know that Darwinian evolution acts on all forms of life, but does evolution ...

Elon Musk says SpaceX’s Starship could become one of the most important milestones in the evolution of life, arguing the ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Anlife: Motion-Learning Life Evolution Intervene in the evolution of virtual lifeforms that learn to move in a world powered by a physics engine. This world ...