Lichen from the Mojave Desert has stunned scientists by surviving months of lethal UVC radiation, suggesting life could exist on distant planets orbiting volatile stars. The secret? A microscopic ...

It's tiny and needy, but is it alive? That's a question prompted by recent research that highlights a surprisingly complex part of biology. The organism in question is a microbe called Sukunaarchaeum ...

It’s not the average watercraft an East Texas family would take out for a weekend on Lake Cherokee. In fact, there probably aren’t many others like it in Texas or beyond. The story takes time to tell ...

Why is Mars barren and uninhabitable, while life has always thrived here on our relatively similar planet Earth? A discovery made by a NASA rover has offered a clue for this mystery, new research said ...

A Royal Navy hunter-killer submarine has arrived in Devonport to get a multi-million-pound revamp. HMS Astute is to get a 'Mid Life Re-Validation Period (MLRP)' after 15 years’ continuous service ...

Lucy Gilliam, PhD, and Captain Arjen van der Veen are water people—it’s their life’s work. She is an environmental scientist; he founded a green freight shipping company. But water is also their home.