Smithsonian Magazine

Moss Spores Survived Nine Months Outside the International Space Station. Then, They Grew Normally on Earth

While lunar gardens are still out of reach, the study sheds more light on terrestrial biology that may not be limited to our ...
Daily Star on MSN

Boffins say we've finally 'found' aliens - and they look like green moss

A plant spent nine months growing on the outside of the International Space Station in orbit 250 miles above Earth and is ...
TechSpot

2008's Spore was among the games that sold a single physical copy in the US last month

WTF?! Remember Spore, the PC game that released in 2008 to rave reviews? Last month, just over 17 years since it launched, somebody in the US bought a physical copy of Maxis' genre-blending title. It ...
Phys.org

Moss spores survive 9 months outside International Space Station

Mosses thrive in the most extreme environments on Earth, from the peaks of the Himalayas to the sands of Death Valley, the Antarctic tundra to the lava fields of active volcanoes. Inspired by moss's ...
PC Gamer

In October 2025, a full 205 months after the ill-fated life sim Spore first launched, someone walked into a store, found an old DVD copy on a shelf, and bought it

Spore might be one of the highest-profile disappointments in all of PC gaming, but it's also a game I have a huge soft spot for. It was the first game I ever begged my parents to preorder for me (for ...
Polygon

A new Aliens game is on the way, according to leak

A new Alien video game is apparently on the way, according to a listing on the ESRB website, which outed the sequel to 2021's Aliens: Fireteam Elite. Though the link now leads to a 404 error, Polygon ...
New York Post

‘Alien’ DNA found inside humans — it was inserted into our genes, bonkers new study claims

Is it the invasion of the genome snatchers? Just in case the idea of aliens walking around in human skin suits wasn’t frightening enough. An outlandish study asserts that aliens might have abducted us ...
Science Daily

Scientists just found rare spores inside a fossil older than dinosaurs

Scientists reclassified a long-misunderstood fossil from Brazil as a new genus, Franscinella riograndensis. Using advanced microscopy, they discovered spores preserved in situ—a rare find that links ...
Polygon

5 things I loved about Alien: Earth (and 5 more that I hated)

Alien: Earth definitely gets a lot right, but after watching the season 1 finale, I'm torn, because it gets a lot of things wrong, too. There's clear commitment to certain aspects of the Alien ...
The Michigan Daily

Spores Cafe brings functional mushrooms to Ann Arbor

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Soyeon Kim/DAILY. Buy this photo. Ann Arbor coffee lovers have a new spot to explore between ...
GamesRadar+

How to destroy the Hive Spore Lung in Helldivers 2

The Spore Lung in Helldivers 2 is part of the Terminid Hive network, and one objective the game now features is to destroy the Hive Lung before making your way to extraction. This is definitely easier ...
Hyperallergic

Marian Spore Bush Was Nobody’s “Visionary Artist”

Marian Spore Bush, "The Gaunt Bird of Famine" (1933), oil on canvas (all photos Natalie Haddad/Hyperallergic) “Who was Marian Spore Bush?” The question begins an essay by Bob Nickas, who curated the ...