Ancient Mars May Have Been More Habitable Than It Looks Today Modern Mars is cold, dry, and exposed to harsh radiation. Its ...

Frozen in time, ancient microbes or their remains could be found in Martian ice deposits during future missions to the red planet. By recreating Mars-like conditions in the lab, a team of researchers ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Scientists have discovered astonishing microbial diversity deep beneath ...

NASA's Curiosity rover was built for a 2-year Mars mission. Nearly 14 years later, it is still making history in Gale Crater.

A field known as synthetic biology has become one of the most highly anticipated in science. Its outputs range from golden rice, which is genetically engineered to provide vitamin A, to advances ...

Searching for small fossils in big rocks requires specialized tools --tools that scientists could also use to look for evidence of life on Mars in... An Algerian scientist splits his gaze between ...

Researchers have looked at how particular microbes from Earth would fare in conditions like those of Mars, the moon, and the icy moons of the outer solar system. According to the original study, ...

Scientist is proud to have led "the first astrobiology study to involve Algeria," and believes that his findings are a major step towards finding evidence of life on Mars. When you purchase through ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Picture a group of adventurous companions ...

In a way, it all started with a road trip about a decade ago. "My father, he had the car so I had to borrow the car from him," says Youcef Sellam, who was interning at the University of Modena e ...