During its time on Mars, NASA’s Curiosity rover has focused on understanding the planet’s potential habitability in its ancient past, drilling into rocks and studying their dust to determine possible ...

Organic compounds called thiophenes are found on Earth in coal, crude oil and oddly enough, in white truffles, the mushroom beloved by epicureans and wild pigs. Thiophenes were also recently ...

We’ve been expecting aliens from Mars for decades now, but what if life was vanquished on the red planet before evolution ever got the chance to take hold? A pair of researchers recently published an ...

The Nature Index 2025 Research Leaders — previously known as Annual Tables — reveal the leading institutions and countries/territories in the natural and health sciences, according to their output in ...

Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. Before ...

A pair of American and German astrobiologists has found oil on Mars. And where there’s oil, there’s usually life. Technically speaking, Dirk Schulze‑Makuch and Jacob Heinz didn’t find oil. Rather, ...