This is an annotated close-up of three holes NASA’s Curiosity drilled into Martian rock at a location nicknamed “Mary Anning” ...

In recent debates about government funding, certain quirky-sounding research projects — like studying shrimp on treadmills — have grabbed headlines and become easy targets for criticism. Politicians ...

Curiosity has detected a surprising variety of organic molecules on Mars, including compounds tied to the chemistry of life.

Banner image: "Drivinq questions" boards, such as this one featuring burning questions about Arctic wildfires, sit at the heart of new, three-year science curricula. (Credit: inquiryHub) A coalition ...

NASA's Curiosity Mars rover took this selfie at a location nicknamed "Mary Anning" after a 19th century English paleontologist. This was the site of the chemical experiment uncove ...

To Martian methane, there is a season. NASA’s Curiosity rover has found evidence that methane in Mars’ thin atmosphere varies during the year. Higher concentrations appear in late summer and early ...

NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory rover, Curiosity, wrapped up its first full month on the red planet and is gearing up its robotic arm to reach out and touch martian rocks for the first time, scientists ...

Stepping inside Erin Adams’ lab at the University of Chicago is a bit overstimulating. Adams’ work centers on molecular immunology. As the Joseph Regenstein Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular ...

When Emma Dauster started graduate school studying the brain, she thought she would work in the lab forever. However, she also believed in taking advantage of opportunities; she applied for a ...