Scientists studying the deep Pacific Ocean floor have encountered a finding that, if confirmed, would force a rewrite of basic assumptions about where and how oxygen is produced on Earth. Autonomous ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Scientists have come to realize that in the soil and rocks beneath our feet there lies a vast biosphere with a global volume nearly ...

The science pros at TKOR explain how homemade liquid oxygen is made and what it’s used for. Chick-fil-A’s CEO was asked about his company’s position on LGBTQ+ rights. This is what he said Selena Gomez ...

Potato-sized lumps of metal on the seafloor are generating oxygen, a new study has found. Scientists previously believed that oxygen was strictly formed as a byproduct of photosynthesizing plants.

"Oxygenic photosynthesis was an evolutionary singularity," says Woodward Fischer, professor of geobiology at Caltech, referring to the process by which certain organisms use the energy of sunlight to ...

Schematic of how individual red blood cells (RBCs) carry oxygen through capillaries to oxygenate tissues. The team found that RBCs can regulate how much oxygen is released in tissues, wherein ...