The question of how life began has captivated humanity for millennia. Now, a team of scientists are preparing to use NASA's ...

On Earth, water is so intertwined with life that our search for life on other worlds is essentially a search for water. When ...

Sea-skimming crafts – which fly just above the water – were once considered Cold War relics of a failed Soviet experiment.

Emily Kwong and Regina Barber of NPR's Short Wave talk about a comet visiting from interstellar space, caterpillars that eat and break down plastic, and how animals' sense of smell varies by altitude.