A futuristic rice plant just 10cm tall could feed astronauts and help make Moon bases possible — and maybe even transform ...

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At some point during the evolution of life on Earth, inorganic matter became organic, nonliving matter became living. How ...

Scientists have converted food waste into biodegradable plastic using bacteria, offering a dual fix for global food and ...

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The Universe’s most abundant ice isn’t formless—it’s secretly laced with crystals. And that might change how we think about water, planets, and life itself.

Ice in space, long believed to be completely disordered like frozen water without structure, is turning out to be more complex. New research from (UCL) and the University of Cambridge has shown that ...

NASA has confirmed the discovery of an Earth-sized planet parked right in the “habitable zone” of a distant red dwarf star.

Ancient oceans with phosphorus-rich waters may have supported some of Earth’s earliest microbial life, according to a new ...

Why is Mars barren and uninhabitable, while life has always thrived here on our relatively similar planet Earth?

Enzymes are involved in virtually every biological process that occurs throughout the body. This includes but is not limited ...