The viruses devise ploys to break into bacterial defenses. Bacteria, on the other hand, strengthen their defenses so that ...

For more than 25 years, humans have lived and worked continuously aboard the International Space Station, conducting research ...

NASA's SpaceX Crew‑11 mission safely splashed down off the coast of California early Thursday morning, returning from a ...

Scientists discover microgravity in space could help fight drug-resistant superbugs by creating unique viral mutations, ...

ISS research over 25 years shows how humans adapt biologically, medically, and technologically to space, informing future missions and scientific understanding of life beyond Earth.

The International Space Station (ISS) is one of the most unique environments where life has ever existed, out in the low ...

A giant impact on the early Earth could have brought the building blocks of RNA to our planet, which new research suggests ...

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 — ...

Now that NASA has found evidence of water on Mars, astronauts will test the growth of a small plant in Martian soil, thanks to students at Bellevue’s Open Window School. The experiment will be one of ...

A crew of tiny worms will be heading on a mission to the International Space Station in 2026 that will help scientists understand how humans can travel through space safely, using a Leicester-built ...