The bacteria enter a dormant state under nutrient starvation and desiccation. This ability allows it to survive the harsh conditions in the clean room. And what’s concerning is that once they enter ...

In a rare global collaboration, scientists from Japan and the United States joined forces to explore one of the universe’s ...

Research transforms understanding of disease emergence and identifies new strategies for agricultural virus surveillance in ...

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Could scientists find life in the clouds of exoplanet atmospheres? This is what a manuscripton the arXiv preprint server ...

New peer-reviewed research reporting strange lights in the pre-space-age sky is sparking curiosity and controversy ...

Stronger links between researchers who work on Earth’s and other planets’ atmospheres, and between the experimental, ...

With the advent of commercial spaceflight, an increasing number of people may be heading into space in the coming years. Some will even get a chance ...

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U.S. military officials call it a "kill web," a form of next-generation surveillance and warfare unlike any before. It's China's recent launch of more than 470 intelligence, surveillance, and ...

This amazing astronaut photo shows the bizarre whale-like shape of a Belizean tropical island. The coral-reef-covered structure is home to the Great Blue Hole, one of the deepest marine sinkholes on ...

No one can say with scientific confidence why we exist or what happens when we die. In fact, scientists have a tenuous grasp on what it even means to be conscious. But our purely human urge to ask the ...