"If we soften the language of atrocity and hide the harsh truth, we become desensitized to it." ...

In Amiri’s calculations, Dyson spheres around white dwarfs tend to produce cooler, fainter thermal emission that peaks in the near- to mid-infrared, while M-dwarf cases can radiate more strongly but ...

Health leaders in London are meeting today to discuss whether to stop unvaccinated children from coming into school.

Chalk up another victory for “Conan the Bacterium”—a rugged germ that fresh research suggests could conquer the solar system.

Scientists grew chickpeas in simulated moon soil, raising the possibility that astronauts could one day grow crops on future ...

Scientists tested whether microbes can survive the shock of a planetary impact and found some may endure the violent launch into space.

Chalk up another victory for “Conan the Bacterium”—a rugged germ that fresh research suggests could conquer the solar system. Better known as Deinococcus radiodurans, this microbe is arguably the ...

Wobbly water solution Your recent Jeff Davi op-ed touting Cal Am’s wobbly “three-legged stool” argument omitted important details. First, this stool is standing on quicksand and will be rendered ...

Mars may already possess a built-in defense against contamination from Earth. Experiments using simulated Martian soil show that some compounds in the regolith can damage or inhibit microscopic ...

Released in the United States on August 2, 2002, M. Night Shyamalan's sci-fi horror thriller "Signs" will turn 24 this year.

Tests conducted with tardigrades suggest that there is something in Martian dirt that dramatically reduces biological ...

Diamonds are famous for their strength, but scientists have long suspected that another form of diamond might be even harder. Evidence of this was gathered over the past sixty years in meteorite ...