Plastic trash has reached the world's most remote locations, from the bottom of the Mariana Trench to the summit of Everest.
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 ...
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A NASA astronaut aboard the International Space Station carried out the experiment. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Breaking ...
While Gram staining is traditionally used for classifying bacteria based on their cell wall properties, Mimiviruses and large mammalian agents can also retain the Gram stain, despite not being typical ...
In December 2025, Brett Baker led a research cruise to collect microbial genomes off the coast of Uruguay. In this photo, Tyler Smith pilots a remotely operated vehicle collecting shallow coastal ...
In a new study, published in Cell, researchers describe a newfound mechanism for creating proteins in a giant DNA virus, comparable to a mechanism in eukaryotic cells. The finding challenges the dogma ...
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 ...
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