Little Friends We've heard of underground parties — but this is ridiculous. A recently released study authored by microbial ...

From the flamboyant blossoms and birds of rainforests to the living rainbows of coral reefs, Earth’s surface is teeming with ...

Earth ejecta, for instance, could hold Earth life.

Humans have become a geologic force by cooking the planet — using fire on a scale that is altering land, water, air and ...

Discover how scientists blend biology, synthetic biology, and astrobiology to speculate on alien life forms, focusing on the ...

The author of the latest read for the New Scientist Book Club on the science that lies behind his novel Alien Clay, set on a ...

The University of Kentucky College of Design is partnering with New York-based nonprofit organization The World Around (TWA) ...

Foraminifera, though eukaryotic, have adapted to use chemoautotrophy to enable them to survive where oxygen and sunlight are ...

Heat Absorption Oceans play a crucial role in absorbing excess heat generated by greenhouse gas emissions. In fact, they take ...

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A collection of Martian rocks could reveal details about potential past life on the Red Planet – but first NASA has to get ...