The mission to colonize Mars has captured the imagination of scientists and enthusiasts alike. With NASA and SpaceX leading the charge, the once distant dream of establishing a human settlement on the ...

The fetus does not reside in a sterile intrauterine environment and is exposed to commensal bacteria from the maternal gut/blood stream that cross the placenta and enter the amniotic fluid. This ...

Human colonization of the Pacific Islands likely caused the extinction of nearly 1,000 species of large-bodied, flightless birds known as passerine landbirds. A study of fossils from 41 Pacific ...

Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Next week, Elon Musk is slated to make a big announcement about SpaceX’s most ambitious goal to date: the ...

Two astronauts stand outside a geodesic dome in an artist's conception of a lunar base. It’s time to ask ourselves the big question: Should we try to colonize our solar system, or not? I’ll readily ...

On December 3, Israeli forces raided a home in the town of Qabatiya, south of Jenin, tearing down a map of Palestine hanging ...

Sometime in April, the Ingenuity helicopter will take to the Martian air, making it, in NASA’s words, “the first attempt at powered, controlled flight of an aircraft on another planet.” Or, to put it ...

The American Colonization Society, founded in 1816 to assist free black people in emigrating to Africa, was the brainchild of the Reverend Robert Finley, a Presbyterian minister from Basking Ridge, ...

TAINAN, Taiwan — On a Friday morning in the southern city of Tainan, Shuixian Gong Market overflows with displays of shiny orange and silver fish, stacks of glistening pork ribs and crates of dragon ...

Ewan Selmes is a games and entertainment journalist with several years' experience in the industry, writing for a variety of digital publications as well as small businesses. As a gamer, Ewan has more ...