Viruses that infect bacteria can still do their job in microgravity, but space changes the rules of the fight.

The International Space Station (ISS) is a closed ecosystem, and the biology inside it — including its microbial residents — ...

Clearing water-guzzling and soil-damaging alien invasive plants costs South Africa several hundred million rands every year.

In a blow to anyone dreaming that complex life may exist elsewhere in the universe, a new study suggests we're unlikely to ...

A group of Australian scientists have revealed how we may be able to learn to speak with aliens, and the answer is found ...

It is possible to visit this strange place of 'snotties', psychedelic stalactites and long abandoned artefacts ...

After water crisis in Madhya Pradesh's Indore, groundwater samples from several parts of Bhopal have tested positive for E.

Humans have always been fascinated with space. We frequently question whether we are alone in the universe. If not, what does ...

Scientists have discovered 26 new bacterial species that survived the extreme sterilization protocols of NASA cleanrooms ...

Yes, zombie creatures from another world could indeed land on a defenseless planet, but in a twist, it's the Earthlings who ...

When ET phones home, it could be his last call. Contrary to sci-fi movie depictions, our first contact might not be with a super advanced alien civilization at the height of power. Rather, Ivy League ...

The search for life beyond our solar system heated up this year when scientists reported a tantalising signal from an exoplanet of a molecule that is known to be produced exclusively by life on Earth.