In high enough doses, hydrogen cyanide can kill an adult human in minutes, but the chemical may be the reason why we’re here ...

An ancient and enormous organism called Prototaxites, initially found to be a type of fungus, may actually be an unknown ...

As you age, staying active is crucial—but strength training may be the secret to not just living longer, but living healthier ...

Even minor improvements in sleep, physical activity, and diet can meaningfully extend lifespan and promote healthier aging, a new study suggests.

Alicja Ostrowska's doctoral thesis "Life and AI at NASA" examines how artificial intelligence is transforming the way science ...

Sleep has long been associated with overall health and wellbeing. Recent findings, however, suggest that sleep is more ...

Combining small improvements to several areas of well-being could lead to bigger health gains than improving just one in ...

"Most excitingly, this new idea addresses one of the longstanding habitability problems on Europa and is a good sign for the ...

A new study by researchers in Japan offers new insights into how protocells may have inherited and enriched genetic material before modern biology emerged. By exposing mixed phospholipid vesicles to ...

Humans are captivated by the idea of finding life elsewhere in the universe – and even more by the idea that life, if found, might resemble the complex, animal life here on Earth. One of the easiest ...

A study by scientists at Penn State and NASA shows that intact biomolecules from dormant microbes break down much more slowly ...

A recent study by geophysicists at Washington State University offers insight into how nutrients may reach the subsurface ...