Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the ...

Regina Barber and Rachel Carlson of Short Wave talk about endangered eagles in Japan, the lifestyles of deep-living ocean creatures and the longevity secrets of human 'SuperAgers,' aged 80 and older.

That raises the possibility that the TRAPPIST-1e exoplanet could also have liquid water and therefore support life.

Experts say that the steady rise in life expectancy is slowing down because we’ve run out of ways to improve our mortality.

UK science teachers are struggling to deliver practical lessons, while technicians report they are considering leaving the ...

The agency’s scientists are still not saying they found fossils of Martian microbes, but analysis of the specimen collected ...

If the results had held up, the discovery of microbes that use arsenic instead of phosphorus in their biochemistry would have forever changed astrobiology. The controversial claim of microbes that ...

The recent discovery of a potential gas giant circling the nearby star Alpha Centauri A has led to speculation that it may be orbited in turn by a habitable moon that could support life, just like in ...