An experiment on board the ISS tested the use of microorganisms to mine asteroids in the microgravity environment.

A sealed Soviet chamber, sleepless prisoners, rising screams and sudden silence fuelled a chilling internet legend that still ...

ISS BioAsteroid study shows bacteria and fungi can extract metals from meteorite material in microgravity, offering insights for future space resource use ...

A student built a matchmaking algorithm that has consumed the school—and highlighted the challenges of finding love for high ...

Wringing out clues that could change everything.

A series of quantum physics experiments and theoretical papers now suggest that heat can flow spontaneously from a cold object to a hot one, provided the right quantum conditions are in place. This ...

Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...

While participants made these choices, the research team applied transcranial alternating current stimulation to the frontal and parietal lobes of the brain. This non-invasive stimulation was designed ...

Scientists are conducting a long-term experiment on evolution to investigate how single-celled organisms could evolve into multicellular lifeforms. After thousands of generations, their yeast grew ...

Thirty years ago the world's longest running evolution experiment began when scientist Richard Lenski seeded 12 identical flasks with E. coli bacteria. Every subsequent day someone in the lab has ...

Discord have belatedly confirmed that they're working with Persona, an identity detection firm backed by a fund directed by Palantir chairman Peter Thiel.