A new study on Japan’s iron-rich hot springs reveals how early microbes thrived before the Great Oxygenation Event, offering ...

To actually see what’s inside potential Martian life, scientists would need to bring samples back to Earth to study — a project NASA launched but has struggled to complete.

Earth was not always the blue-green world we know today: the early Earth's oxygen levels were about a million times lower than we now experience ...

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NASA recently announced that its Perseverance Mars rover discovered rock material containing potential biosignatures, with ...

NASA’s Perseverance has found Mars rocks with unusual nodules and organic material that may represent ancient microbial activity.

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Stanford and Arc Institute used AI to design viruses that kill bacteria, sparking hope for new therapies and warnings over biosecurity risks.

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HealthDay News — Louisiana health officials have confirmed a fifth death this year linked to Vibrio vulnificus, a rare and dangerous flesh-eating bacteria found in warm coastal waters.

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Biosphere 2 isn’t just the site of a famous human experiment. Today, scientists there work to understand how life emerges in barren environments.