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A discussion with three planet-hunting researchers

Feb 11, 2015

What's the connection between microbes living in extreme environments in the human body and on Earth?

Jan 27, 2015

Three astrophysicists who discovered two enormous and unexpected structures radiating from the center of our galaxy discuss what these mysterious bubbles can tell us about the history of the Milky Way and how they could help in the search for dark matter.

Jan 26, 2015

How the science of extremophiles is driving the search for life on other planets.

Jan 26, 2015

Armed with new knowledge about how microbes persist even in the Earth’s harshest environments, astrobiologists are planning the next missions to search for other forms of life in our solar system. Their bets are on microbes.

Jan 25, 2015

Paul Alivisatos, Paul McEuen, and Nai-Chang Yeh discuss what makes the nanoscale so important, the field’s grand challenges, safety, and how to fund and train the nano workforce of the future.

Jan 09, 2015