We Could Seed Alien Life Elsewhere in the Universe—But We’ll Never Undo the Devastating Consequences

Could humans spread Earth life beyond our planet? Astrobiologists explain where extremophiles might survive and why the risks ...

We Could Seed Alien Life Elsewhere in the Universe—But We’ll Never Undo the Devastating Consequences, Scientists Caution

Thus far, our search for extraterrestrial life points toward Clarke’s former point, suggesting that our little blue dot is ...
Scientific American

The biological dogma that women don’t make new eggs after birth may be wrong

Female mammals have long thought to be born with all the eggs they would ever have, but new research is challenging that consensus ...

Scientists Made a Cell With Most of the Hallmarks of Life. Here’s What to Know.

From why it was created to whether it’s alive, here’s what to know about SpudCell, the latest advance in synthetic biology.
Smithsonian Magazine

These Male Fruit Flies Have Sperm That Are Nearly as Long as Their Bodies. Here’s How the Cells Don’t Become a Tangled Mess

Males of the species Drosophila melanogaster pack thousands of almost two-millimeter-long sperm cells into significantly smaller storage organs. A new study reveals how they move in an orderly manner ...

This mysterious radio signal has puzzled astronomers for nearly 50 years

The “Wow!” signal is one of our best pieces of evidence for aliens, but researchers are building a compelling case for a more ...

What would an alien diet look like?

There’s no data to suggest that aliens exist. However, if we believed they existed and came to Earth, our planet would offer ...
BBC Sky at Night Magazine on MSN

Humans will evolve differently on Mars. This is how science says our bodies will transform on the Red Planet

Scott Solomon is an evolutionary biologist. We spoke to him about what our descendants in future settlements on the Red ...

Our ovary blueprint is ancient, according to sea stars

At first glance, bat sea stars, the nubbly, orange, many-footed creatures often found on the seafloor, seem about as far from humans as one can get. Appearances can be deceiving, however. Scientists ...
ecoportal.net

Scientists spent 13 years collecting DNA from 2,000 wild belugas in Alaska and found a mating secret that may be keeping the small population genetically alive

How these whales interact with one another is very different from what has been found in other species. The only place we know to find beluga whales is in an area roughly 1,000 miles wide near the ...
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If a UFO lands tomorrow, the US has no idea what happens next

If a UFO lands tomorrow, the US has no idea what happens next If humanity detected an alien signal, scientists at least have a rough protocol: verify it, share the data, notify major institutions, and ...