Bacteria that thrive on Earth may not make it in the alien lands of Mars. A potential deterrent is perchlorate, a toxic chlorine-containing chemical discovered in Martian soil during various space ...

Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) have investigated how bacteria that can mould Martian soil into brick-like structures fare in the presence of perchlorate, a toxic ...

In the English-speaking world the art form is in a perennial battle for hearts and minds. Two contrasting books from either side of the Atlantic ask why ...

In the central Sahara, where sand now buries ancient lakes, scientists have pulled genetic material from 7,000-year-old ...

What Farage and Trump are feeding off are not the practical arguments but the cumulative paranoia they have themselves ...

Scientists have discovered that perchlorate, a chemical previously thought harmful to Martian life, can actually strengthen bacteria-made "space bricks." Researchers found that under specific ...

Australia will arrive in Sri Lanka for their T20 World Cup campaign without their most credentialled seamer, while injury clouds linger over their other two first-choice options with the ball nine ...

North Carolina holds treasures that go way beyond the typical tourist brochures and highway billboards you see advertised.

The Monday letters page thinks Resident Evil Requiem is going to be a ‘good one’, as one reader tries to remember the ending ...

39 cinematographers tell IndieWire how they captured their stories at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival.

Anime like this teaches you that even the strangest or simplest stories can carry truth once you stop brushing them off.

While the main ceremony for the 79th British Academy Film Awards is set to take place on February 22, 2026, the nominations for this year’s BAFTA have officially been announced. Although Ryan ...