Amid persistent and frequent record heat, it may be surprising to hear that Earth is currently relatively cool — at least in ...

Researchers present an alternative to the long-held “hard steps” theory to explain the evolution of complex life, suggesting ...

A new study rewrites the story of human evolution, suggesting that intelligent life is not rare but a natural planetary ...

Planet demographics reveal a puzzling lack of worlds in a certain size range throughout the galaxy F or centuries our solar ...

Earth’s ice caps exist due to a rare combination of cooling processes. Without these, Earth would likely remain warm and ...

Researchers from Penn State University proposed in a new academic paper that human-like lifeforms could arise as a logical consequence of a planet’s development — contradicting the long-held “hard ...

“Our existence is probably not an evolutionary fluke,” says Jennifer Macalady, a study co-author and microbiology professor ...

Humanity may not be extraordinary but rather the natural evolutionary outcome for our planet and likely others, according to a new model for how intelligent life developed on Earth.

Researchers from Penn State University proposed in a new academic paper that human ... of rare occurrences — meaning that few, if any, civilizations are bound to exist on other planets.

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Scientists challenge the idea that intelligent life is rare. They argue that evolution follows planetary changes, not random ...