Latitude Festival celebrates its 20th anniversary with a robust family program, featuring theatre, comedy, and more at Henham ...

Not even an asteroid blast could kill it.

As humans travel farther and farther from our terrestrial home, scientists need to devise ways to resupply missions in the inhospitable environment of space. One way could be to leverage the ...

Hardy bacteria in a lab survived pressures comparable to an asteroid strike on the red planet, suggesting a hypothetical scenario in which our planet was seeded with life. By Robin George Andrews No ...

In the oceans and on land, scientists are discovering rare, transitional organisms that bridge the gap between Earth’s simplest cells and today’s complex ones. By Carl Zimmer A flurry of new studies ...

Bill Sullivan receives funding from the National Institutes of Health. People have long given up on the search for the Fountain of Youth, a mythical spring that could reverse aging. But for some ...

A super-tough microbe may be able to survive being blasted from Mars into space—opening the door to interplanetary life transfer.

People have long given up on the search for the Fountain of Youth, a mythical spring that could reverse aging. But for some scientists, the hunt has not ended—it's just moved to a different place.

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The first eukaryotes—the cells that form complex life—likely originated when two microscopic entities merged via a process called endosymbiosis, ...

The Carlisle-based Giant Company announced Thursday it will purchase two grocery stores in southwestern Pennsylvania. The grocery store chain reached an agreement with Bob and Joe Appleby to acquire ...

Giant is acquiring Everett Foodliner and Saxton Market. Upon completion of the sale, Giant will temporarily close both stores for a remodel. Additional details on amenities, hours and opening dates ...

A virus that is big enough to be seen under an ordinary light microscope co-opts its host’s systems with the help of potentially purloined genes. The researchers found that the virus makes a complex ...