Scientists want to build a giant ‘bio-vault’ on the moon. here’s why…

Two contrasting visions of humanity’s future in space

Where did life on Earth begin? That sounds like a relatively straightforward question. Surely life on Earth began… well, on Earth, right? We know this planet had the right conditions for life to arise

Mass extinctions and evolutionary leaps, from bacteria to Homo sapiens

Some people think that the seas hold the key to protecting the planet.

Mars once had vast oceans on its surface. Then its magnetic field weakened, its atmosphere thinned, and its water vanished. But the numbers don’t add up. For the Red Planet to have transformed from a

They knew the weather would be bad. But the three-person film crew, in Antarctica to document emperor penguins for a BBC documentary, decided to press ahead. “We wanted to film in these conditions,” s