NASA’s Curiosity rover finds signs Mars could have supported life
NASA’s Curiosity rover has uncovered new evidence that ancient Mars may have been able to support life.
Researchers found large deposits of carbon in rocks...
How the dinosaur-killing asteroid helped life bounce back
About 66 million years ago, a giant asteroid slammed into Earth and wiped out the dinosaurs, along with around 70% of all life in...
Glow-in-the-dark bacteria could help detect pollution from afar
MIT scientists have found a clever new way to make bacteria send out signals that can be seen from far away—up to 90 meters.
These...
Fruit fly larvae can sense electric fields—and it might change science
Fruit flies are already famous in science. They've helped researchers make discoveries in genetics, aging, and brain function.
Now, scientists at UC Santa Barbara have...
What if we find nothing? How the search for alien life still gives us...
What happens if, after all our searching, we don’t find any signs of life on other planets?
A group of scientists led by Dr. Daniel...
Scientists discover hidden soil microbes that could clean our drinking water
Scientists have discovered a brand-new group of microbes living deep underground in Earth’s soil—and they might play a big role in keeping our drinking...
One trillion species, 3 billion years: How we used AI to trace the evolution...
There are roughly a trillion species of microorganisms on Earth—the vast majority of which are bacteria.
Bacteria consist of a single cell. They do not...
Mammals moved to the ground before dinosaurs disappeared, new study shows
Long before the asteroid hit Earth and wiped out the dinosaurs, many mammals had already started living on the ground, according to new research...
Want to know how to survive in space ask a Tardigrade
The 2025 Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, which took place from March 10–14 in The Woodlands, Texas, witnessed some very interesting proposals for space...
Earth bacteria could survive on the moon for decades
Could microbes survive in the permanently shadowed regions (PSRs) of the Moon?
This is what a recent study presented at the 56th Lunar and Planetary...