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Held in the lead-up to International Youth Day, the Olympiad offered students an opportunity to test their knowledge, apply scientific thinking and learn more about how nuclear science contributes to ...

New modeling shows that microbes shed by human beings can survive for days on the lunar surface, scientists say. Astronauts ...

At the poles, sunlight hits the moon’s surface at a much lower angle than at the equator. This creates permanently shadowed regions with temperatures as low as -200° Celsius and little UV radiation.

Microbes carried to space by human explorers could survive in shaded areas near the moon’s south pole, according to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Microbes from Earth might survive the harsh surface of the moon, albeit in a state of suspended animation, a new study finds.

NASA plans to land humans on the moon for the first time in more than half a century by 2028—but such expeditions could unwittingly bring hitchhiking microbes to the lunar surface capable of surviving ...

A NASA study finds shaded pockets near the moon's south pole cold enough to keep human-carried microbes alive for a week.

Gut microbes need something to eat, and when fiber is limited, they may begin consuming proteins from the mucus lining that protects the gut. Researchers found that fiber can suppress this process, ...

Scientists have linked a specific gut bacterium, Roseburia inulinivorans, to stronger muscles in both humans and mice. Older adults who carried it had 29% greater handgrip strength, while treated mice ...

Some of Earth's microbes likely to hitch a ride to space with human explorers could survive in the shaded nooks and crannies of the moon's South Pole region, NASA scientists say. Published on Aug. 19, ...