In television history, few pilots have had a stranger journey than the first attempt at Star Trek. Today, the 1964 pilot ...

New experimental results have cast doubt on earlier proposals suggesting that spherical, cell-like membranes could form in ...

Oxygen has been the most important gas in our search for life among the cosmos thus far. On Earth, we have it in abundance ...

New supercomputer simulations reveal Enceladus loses 20-40% less material through its plumes than previously estimated, suggesting its subsurface ocean is more stable. This revised understanding, ...

In a series of experiments at Johns Hopkins University, Lily Zhao fired tiny samples of a microorganism with a room-sized gas ...

Scientists at UCSF invented a microscopic “womb” material for growing artificial organs (organoids) from scratch.

Scientists simulated an asteroid impact, and Deinococcus radiodurans’ cell membranes made it through. This suggests that life ...

Theoretically, it’s impossible for us to perceive a 4D creature. That is, unless it broke into our three-dimensional reality.

Chalk up another victory for “Conan the Bacterium”—a rugged germ that fresh research suggests could conquer the solar system.

Explore why the B-2 Spirit’s flat flying wing design embodies stealth, physics, and strategy, and how it set the stage for ...

A futuristic sounding process using a high-energy laser turns ordinary moon dust into versatile manufacturing and construction materials ...