chemistry

AI generated image of a giant asteroid hitting Earth

Giant Meteorite Boiled Oceans 3.2 Billion Years Ago, Creating a ‘Fertilizer Bomb’ for Life

Giant Meteorite Boiled Oceans 3.2 Billion Years Ago, Creating a 'Fertilizer Bomb' for Life by releasing essential nutrients

A light microscopy image shows the marine haptophyte algae Braarudosphaera bigelowii with a black arrow pointing to the nitroplast organelle. (Photo credit: Tyler Coale)

Scientists Discover Two Living Things Merging In Rare Event

Scientists have discovered two living things merging together in a rare event and becoming a nitrogen-fixing organism.

Computer Designed Organisms

Scientists created robots using living cells…then they started reproducing

Meet the Xenobots: entirely new lifeforms that were created in the lab in 2020. Using stem-cells from frogs, scientists created the world’s first living, self-healing robots. They are less than a mill...