‘Really Unique’ Amoeba Thrives in California’s Hot Springs
An amoeba that shrugs off heat that would wreck most complex cells has turned up in a…
Biologists Want NASA to Build a Quarantine Lab for Alien Germs on the Moon
International concerns over Earth possibly contaminating distant worlds with microbes—or our spacecraft potentially bringing a deadly alien pathogen…
Did Life Hitch a Ride to Earth? Scientists Smashed the Living Crap Out of Microbes to Find Out
The tiniest life forms are also among Earth’s toughest, from near-invincible tardigrades to extremophilic microbes that thrive near…
Scientists Placed Microscopic Animals in Simulated Martian Soil and Something Unexpected Happened
Penn State University scientists studying the potential habitability of Mars exposed microscopic animals called tardigrades to a batch…
Scientists Shocked to Discover Microbes ‘Colonizing’ Lava Within Hours of Solidifying
Microbes have a penchant to survive almost everywhere on Earth and in the most extreme conditions. This includes…