A new way to look for signs of ancient life on Earth and Mars
The Mars 2020 mission involves sending a rover, named Perseverance, to Mars to look for evidence of past life on that planet. Perseverance…
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Researchers developed a video game that allows non-scientists to assist in analyzing genome sequences of microorganisms…
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The Mars 2020 mission involves sending a rover, named Perseverance, to Mars to look for evidence of past life on that planet. Perseverance…
Experiments on the International Space Station found that lichens, a combination of algae and fungi, survived in space-like, flight, and…
Researchers found that minerals from rocks deposited in karst aquifers during storms comes in two waves.
A study of burned and unburned cigarettes found that water chemistry and microbes living in Mediterranean beach sediments changed after 4…
Today, we know DNA is where we get our traits. We know we inherit our DNA from our parents, and that our DNA contains genes. We know that we…
Researchers studying a sulfuric acid cave in Italy are among the first to describe organisms found living in gypsum, an acidic mineral…
Are there better ways to detect the coronavirus in our body? A small study from China suggests antibody testing as a potentially more…
The Cassini spacecraft revealed the atmosphere of Saturn has large regions that don’t cycle to the poles and that the atmosphere is filled…
Microbes on Earth have adapted to survive in some pretty extreme locations. The extreme dryness of deserts, high salinity in salt deposits,…
Researchers found a hidden selenium cycle tied to manganese oxide minerals made by common soil fungi.