SUMMER is well and truly here, and with that all-inclusive break booked, it’s time to dig out the swimwear. But if you are ...
He cooks three of the world’s deadliest and strangest crabs, starting with a mud crab aggressive enough to take off a finger with one pinch. Then comes a tiger crab with razor-sharp claws and stripes ...
Scientists propose building a lab on the moon to screen Mars and other space samples for alien microbes before they ever ...
Two scientists want NASA to build a quarantine lab for alien germs on the Moon, rather than on Earth. The pair, ...
A biologist specializing in invasive species has partnered with a former Pentagon strategist in pushing NASA to construct a ...
For decades, the question of whether life exists beyond Earth has been the domain of science fiction writers and late-night ...
A provocative study suggests that Jupiter’s frozen moon Europa may not only be hospitable, but that life from Earth could be ...
In the lab, they’ve displayed astonishing prowess for getting through obstacles, including overcoming strong natural ...
Willerslev and other researchers looked for traces of plague-causing bacteria in remains from four cemeteries near Siberia’s ...
Hundreds of sextillions of dust grains may have escaped Earth and reached Europa, raising intriguing questions about the ...
If aliens ever do reach our planet, they might not come to steal things, conquer us or reveal cosmic secrets. Perhaps they ...
Every second, hypervelocity collisions may be blasting tiny flecks of Earth into space. Some of those grains, small enough to ...