Russian researchers have pulled off a feat that sounds closer to science fiction than standard lab work, reviving microscopic “zombie worms” that had been locked in Arctic ice for roughly 24,000 years ...

Whether it’s the ocean’s deepest hydrothermal vents or tall mountain peaks, bacteria is likely surviving and thriving. Ice caves can host a wide variety of microorganisms and offer biologists a bevy ...

When a NASA scientist finally cracked open a cache of 50-year-old lunar soil, the expectation was to refine old models, not overturn them. Instead, the ancient grains pointed away from a popular story ...