A new review study explains that extremophiles have revolutionized medicine, and are invaluable allies in the fight against climate change.

After her initial test run, she cultured a regular sample, as well as the shocked sample so she could compare them side by ...

"Extremophile" bacteria could survive asteroid impacts that are strong enough to launch them into space, suggesting that life could travel between planetary bodies.

Scientists simulated an asteroid impact, and Deinococcus radiodurans’ cell membranes made it through. This suggests that life ...