Life on Mars is still a big maybe, but if humans ever manage to settle there, they won’t go alone. Any future colony will need organisms that can tolerate intense radiation and a serious lack of ...

NASA has plans for a permanent lunar outpost by the end of the decade, with human Mars exploration to follow. But as we set up base camps beyond Earth, human settlers in space will need to bring along ...

Could we feed a city on Mars? This question is central to the future of space exploration and has serious repercussions on Earth too. To date, a lot of thought has gone into how astronauts eat; ...

The vision of Mars colonization is moving from science fiction into real-world planning, with multiple space agencies preparing for long-term human presence. Modern Mars missions focus on testing ...

Could we feed a city on Mars? This question is central to the future of space exploration and has serious repercussions on Earth, too. To date, a lot of thought has gone into how astronauts eat; ...

Mars has been granted a patent for a method of diagnosing and treating chronic kidney disease (CKD) in animals. The method involves determining the amount of magnesium in a blood sample and comparing ...

There are many similarities between baby animals of any species and human toddlers. In fact, it's almost funny how alike they can be sometimes. Everything we see in children, from refusing to come ...