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The problem of how life evolved on Earth has intrigued the minds of many great scientists for centuries. Now, according to an exciting study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), scientists from Harvard University may be a step closer to figuring out how life on Earth was formed.

The hadal zone takes its name from Hades, the Greek god of the underworld, and for good reason. Stretching from roughly 4.7 to 6.8 miles below the ocean surface, it is one of the most hostile environments on Earth, perpetually dark, crushingly pressured, near-freezing, and almost entirely cut off from the sunlight-driven food chains that sustain most life.

The Interislander ferry between Wellington and Picton is a three-hour crossing that carries commuters, freight trucks, and tourists across what most of them assume is a stretch of open water between New Zealand's two main islands. It is not.

In 1972, during routine uranium testing in France on ore from Oklo, Gabon by French scientists, a curious phenomenon was discovered. Apparently, scientists discovered that the uranium ore contained unusually low levels of uranium-235.

Ask almost anyone to name the highest point on Earth and the answer will likely be Mount Everest. Towering above the Himalayas at 8,848 metres (29,029 feet), Everest has long been celebrated as the world's tallest mountain.

A mysterious infectious disease has killed seven Asiatic lions in Gujarat's Gir Forest, the only place on Earth where the species survives in the wild. What's happening on the ground?

The serenity of the afternoon in a beautiful prehistoric forest was abruptly interrupted by the deafening sound of the earth roaring with fury. In the heart of what is today northeastern China, there occurred a gigantic volcanic eruption that produced an infernal mass of ash, gas and burning rocks, which engulfed everything it touched in its wake.

India's near-space ambitions received a major boost as Red Balloon Aerospace successfully launched Mission Sana from Vijayawada, carrying seven payloads to an altitude of nearly 25 kilometres into the stratosphere., Technology & Science, Times Now

A quiet field can look completely ordinary until you notice the pattern. Many cows and deer seem to rest or graze with their bodies lined up roughly north-south.

The solid inner core is contained within the liquid outer core, enabling it to rotate differently from the Earth itself