New research conducted on a NASA-discovered bacterium shows the microbe is capable of entering an extreme dormant state, ...

In a quiet warehouse on the outskirts of Raglan, lines of tall shelving units are filled with inoculated substrate bags. It ...

After placing an ancient extreme Earth organism outside of the ISS for nine months, scientists were shocked to find it was ...

Ant colonies operate as tightly coordinated "superorganisms" with individual ants working together, much like the cells of a ...

Mosses thrive in the most extreme environments on Earth, from the peaks of the Himalayas to the sands of Death Valley, the ...

Moss clinging to the outside of the International Space Station has survived months in open space, enduring vacuum, radiation ...

The resilience of this ancient plant species to extreme temperatures, radiation, and vacuum conditions could pave the way for ...

Ant experiments in the lab. Ant pupae are collected in a dish, and individually infected on glass plates by gently rolling them through a spore suspension using soft forceps. Infected pupae emit ...

Mast cell activation syndrome is a condition that causes mast cells to release an inappropriate amount of chemicals into your body. This causes allergy symptoms and a wide range of other symptoms.

The spores’ thick outer walls acted like built-in shields, helping them withstand extreme radiation and temperature swings ...

Patens), to the exterior of the International Space Station, and their findings, published in iScience, state that they not ...

You may not realize you’ve benefited from HIV research. But if you’ve received a treatment that was approved through a recent ...