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Four researchers just spent five days living 22 feet underwater in an extreme experiment that brings us one step closer to Mars. Their mission at Jules' Undersea Lab tested what astronauts will need to survive on future space missions.
Researchers discovered microbes thriving in seafloor mud so alkaline it matches household bleach, using a groundbreaking fat-detection method when DNA tests failed. This discovery shows life exists in Earth's most extreme environments and opens new ways to search for it.
Scientists discovered marine life thriving in Antarctica's crimson Blood Falls waterfall, proving the water comes from an ancient ocean trapped beneath a glacier for thousands of years. The finding shows how life adapts and survives even the most extreme changes on Earth.
Scientists discovered thousands of promising new antibiotics by studying microbes from deep-sea vents, frozen polar regions, and other extreme environments where life shouldn't exist. Using AI to screen 78,000 newly mapped genomes, they found peptides that killed drug-resistant bacteria in lab tests.
Researchers discovered microscopic roundworms thriving in the muddy depths of Utah's Great Salt Lake, revealing that one of North America's saltiest environments hosts more life than anyone realized. The tiny animals add an entirely new chapter to what scientists thought was a simple ecosystem.