Biology

Why NASA Is Right to Hire a 'Planetary Protection Officer'

By Jeffrey Kluger

A Peek Inside the Transparent Frog

By Jeffrey Kluger

Judge: Gender Laws Are at Odds With Science

By Noël Wise

New Google Doodle Celebrates Antoni van Leeuwenhoek

By Dominique Rowe
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Venus May Once Have Been a Garden Planet

A new model suggests a world very different from the one we know today

By Jeffrey Kluger

Scientists Discover Sharks That Can Live for 400 Years

A new study gives the crown to a very fierce fish

By Jeffrey Kluger

Meet the Newest Species of Whale

The sea gives up a long-held secret, thanks to exhaustive DNA sleuthing

By Jeffrey Kluger

What a 4-Billion-Year-Old Organism Says About Life in Space

The last universal common ancestor of all life on Earth may have imitators elsewhere in the universe

By Jeffrey Kluger

Google Doodle Honors Genetics Pioneer Nettie Stevens

Her discovery of the XY chromosome system was a watershed moment in genetics

By TIME Staff

Why NASA is Legally Required to Go to Jupiter—and Why That's Good

An icy Jovian moon may be our best hope for finding extraterrestrial biology

By Jeffrey Kluger

7 Adorable New Peacock Spider Species Discovered

There are now 48 of these colorful mini-spiders known to science

By Marisa Gertz

Here's the First Look at a 'Super-Earth'

A new technique makes it easier to look for life on distant worlds

By Jeffrey Kluger

See the First-Ever IVF Puppies

Assisted reproduction for dogs may yield benefits for their species and ours

By Jeffrey Kluger

Study: Focussing on Visual Tasks Can Make You Temporarily Deaf

It's not your fault you didn't hear your partner while watching TV

By Tara John

Breakthrough Prize Gives $22 Million in Science Awards

The awards are now in their third year

By Nash Jenkins

Scientists Have Found a Comet That Can Get You Drunk

Cosmic chemistry just got a whole lot more fun

By Jeffrey Kluger

Congratulations, You Have Your Own Personal Germ Cloud

Every minute of every day we are filling the air with microbes

By Jeffrey Kluger

There's a Wikipedia for New Species

An open-source site could mean a big boost for scientists looking for new critters

By Jeffrey Kluger

Scientists Capture Video of Amazing Rare Squid

The squid was recorded about a half mile below the ocean's surface

By Maya Rhodan

See Striking New Images of Algae Blooms in the Great Lakes

NASA released these images on Tuesday showing algal blooms in Lake St. Clair (above) and Lake Erie (below). The image was taken by the Operational Land Imager (OLI) on the Landsat 8 satellite on July...

By Mia Tramz
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