Astrobiologists in Germany are developing a new testing device that could help tease dormant alien microbes into revealing themselves — and its key ingredient is a common amino acid that’s found in ...

Like many children, I had a natural curiosity for the living world from a young age. My childhood was filled with bug-hunting, pond-dipping and watching David Attenborough documentaries. As a young ...

In a discovery that sounds straight out of a sci-fi movie, Chinese scientists have identified a previously unknown bacterial strain aboard the Tiangong Space Station. Named Niallia tiangongensis, the ...