Recent discoveries have unveiled the surprising resilience of certain bacteria, capable of surviving the harsh vacuum of ...

A student-led experiment compares bacterial protein synthesis on Earth and in the ISS under microgravity conditions.

Scientists have recently made groundbreaking discoveries about microbes that can survive in the harsh vacuum of space. This finding challenges our understanding of life’s resilience and opens up new ...

New ways to measure thawing permafrost could help us understand its potential impacts on infrastructure, military outposts, ...

With the help of citizen scientists, astronomers have discovered a rare pair of "Odd Radio Circles" overlapping in space.

In March 2024, a state-of-the-art methane-detecting satellite — the product of nearly a decade of work in Harvard labs — ...

The regular Short Wave science roundup covers mysterious red dots in space, the neurons behind optical illusions and a study of octopus arms.

Discover space-age technology for growing fresh food and get hands-on as you investigate how hydroponics systems can combat ...

Two decades after Silverpit was discovered, Nicholson and colleagues revisited the controversy almost by chance. In 2022, ...

A coalition of scientists and historians are floating a long-shot plan to retrieve orbiting relics—raising questions about ...

The White House's Office of Management and Budget is looking into tearing NASA's Space Shuttle Discovery into pieces to move ...