If we could wander through a Jurassic Age forest from 160 million years ago, at least a few species would seem oddly familiar (and no, not from the movies). Amid the strange undergrowth, we would see ...

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After shooting the microbes, the team determined whether they survived and examined the survivors’ genetic material for clues to how they handled the pressure. The bacteria proved very hard to kill.

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The bacterial species Deinococcus radiodurans is a super-extremophile that can survive anything from extreme temperatures and radiation to the ...

Tiny life forms tucked into debris from an asteroid hit could catapult to other planets - including Earth - and survive, a new study finds. (Nanowerk News) The work demonstrates that a certain hardy ...