Freak heavy rainstorms in 2015 and 2017 wiped out many dry-adapted microbes in the Atacama Desert, useful info in the search for life off Earth. Christopher Intagliata reports. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
The enormous crater is among the 25 largest known on Earth, and likely came from a meteorite impact within the past three million years -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Immigrants to the U.S. lose their native mix of gut microbes almost immediately after arriving in the U.S.—which researchers can't quite explain. Christopher Intagliata reports. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Immigrants to the U.S. lose their native mix of gut microbes almost immediately after arriving in the U.S.—which researchers can't quite explain. Christopher Intagliata reports. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Adult humans laugh primarily on the exhale, but human babies laugh on the inhale and the exhale—as do chimps. Christopher Intagliata reports. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com