CHENNAI: Microbes found in the International Space Station (ISS) mutate faster to cope with the extreme environment, a study by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and IIT Madras have found. …
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. For a pathogen to make us sick, it must overcome a lot. First it has to enter the body, bypassing …
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Scientists have come to realize that in the soil and rocks beneath our feet there lies a vast biosphere with …
This year in Northern Ireland, some of the most serious blooms have occurred in Lough Neagh, the largest body of fresh water by surface area in the UK and Ireland. …
FLORIDA: Climate change, habitat degradation, and other human-caused environmental changes are putting organisms around the world under unprecedented stress. Predicting and mitigating the impacts of growing stress on organisms and …