A researcher sampling 40,000-year-old ice from the walls of the Permafrost Tunnel Research Facility in Fox, Alaska. In a new study, a team of geologists and biologists led by the University of ...
PATHOGENESIS: A History of the World in Eight Plaques. By Jonathan Kennedy. Crown. 304 pages. $30. Histories of the world generally credit great men for steering the course of events to the safety of ...
Smithsonian scientists study saline lakes in the Chilean desert to travel back in time to ancient Earth and beyond Emma Saaty This saline pond system in the Salar de Llamara region of northern Chile’s ...
Beginning with a dramatic account of the SARS pandemic at the start of the 21st century, Crawford takes us back in time to follow the interlinked history of microbes and man, taking an up-to-date look ...
Even the greatest Mars enthusiasts are reluctant to say that the Red Planet was ever able to cook up complex, multicellular life forms. Mars was a relatively warm, wet world for only about a billion ...
Since we live in a world where nutritional sustenance is required on a near constant basis, it’s only natural that, at some point, we experience illness. We’ve all been there and done that; the ...
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Ancient bacteria ...
A new study from Hong Kong reports that some of the microbes found in a range of urban environments are evolving to resist the cleaners we typically use to eliminate them. Just like humans, every city ...
Results that may be inaccessible to you are currently showing.
Hide inaccessible results
Feedback