For centuries, humans have been wondering whether anyone lived on Venus. In the 1960s, telescopes delivered bad news: ...

As humans continue to explore the frontiers of space, the question of what kinds of life forms from Earth can survive the ...

Probiotic supplements found in drugstores nationwide contain an assortment of microbes sold for specific health purposes despite limited understanding of the microbes' connections to their marketed ...

Scientists have engineered 'SpudCell,' a lab-made system from chemicals that mimics life's core functions like growth and ...

A new study from Hong Kong reports that some of the microbes found in a range of urban environments are evolving to resist the cleaners we typically use to eliminate them. Just like humans, every city ...

Amid the peatlands of northern Sweden, billions of microbes are quietly rewriting their genetic playbooks—and doing so far more often than scientists realized.

Scientists propose building a lab on the moon to screen Mars and other space samples for alien microbes before they ever ...

Researchers have discovered that beneficial soil bacteria give plants an unexpected survival advantage in salty soils. Instead of helping plants keep salt out, the microbes stimulate the production of ...

In a new study scientists reveal up to 38-fold higher DMSP concentrations in Southern Ocean sea-ice versus the surrounding ...

Ötzi the Iceman, Europe’s most famous mummy, is crawling with microbes, some long dead, some still eking out a living after thousands of years, and some very modern.

Nitrogen is essential for all living organisms, but in many ecosystems it is in short supply. Plants and soil microbes both ...