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Lava cactus on Fernandina Island

Top Ten Places Where Life Shouldn't Exist... But Does

Smithsonian lists the most improbable, inhospitable and absurd habitats on Earth
October 13, 2009 | By Laura Helmuth

A hut at Cape Evans

Finding Feisty Fungi in Antarctica

In a place where no one believed they existed–-treeless Antartica–wood fungi are feasting on polar exploration relics
May 2009 | By Emily Stone

A Martian meteorite fueled speculation and debate in 1996 when scientists reported that it held signs of past life. The search now moves to Mars itself.

Life on Mars?

It's hard enough to identify fossilized microbes on Earth. How would we ever recognize them on Mars?
May 2005 | By Carl Zimmer

The Return of the Phage

As deadly bacteria increasingly resist antibiotics, researchers try to improve a World War I era weapon
October 2000 | By Julie Wakefield

The Vast Influence of the Wee Microbe

August 1999 | By Michael Kernan


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