Bone on ISS — Flight engineer Nichole Ayers of NASA collected blood samples and spun them in a centrifuge for an ongoing ...

The most significant molecules found are ethylene glycol and glyconitrize—both of which are ingredients for compounds in DNA ...

Complex organic molecules found floating around a distant protostar could mean that space is far richer in life's precursors ...

In a groundbreaking discovery, astronomers have found complex organic molecules—key ingredients for life—around a young star ...

Tentative detections of life-linked molecules in a star’s disk suggest planets may form with the ingredients for life already ...

Earthquakes crack rocks, releasing hydrogen and oxidants that power deep microbes without sunlight offering clues for life on ...

Science, a top research journal, said there was no evidence of misconduct by researchers whose finding attracted heavy attention and scrutiny in social media’s early days.

The journal Science retracts a headline-grabbing study, but the authors vigorously defend their data and say the retraction ...

A controversial 2010 study that suggested bacteria could grow using arsenic instead of phosphorus has been retracted by the ...

Glass isn't as easy to recycle as we might think, so we need as many ways to turn it into new products as we can devise.

In this column I have often borrowed from my great-grandmother’s guide, “The Successful Housekeeper,” published in Detroit, Michigan, in 1886. I suspect the chapters I chose — elaborate instructions ...

The evolution of life may have its origins in outer space, suggests a new study. Astronomers have found signs of complex organic molecules (COMs) - precursors to sugars and amino acids, which are ...