We’ve all lifted a rock or flowerpot and found a long, slimy worm underneath. But have you ever done so and found a long, slimy worm with a head shaped like a shovel or a hammer? If you have, you ...

“Jumping” and “worm” are two words that don’t seem like they should go together. Just imagining such a thing is enough to personally give me the heebie-jeebies. The bad news: there is such a thing as ...

Life's capacity to survive in simulated lunar and Martian soils has been explored in two papers published in Scientific Reports. Treating simulated lunar soil with both symbiotic fungi and ...

A study reveals how invasive worms are disrupting forests in the northern United States and changing key soils.

A pot of gray, lifeless regolith does not look like the start of dinner. Yet in a new experiment, researchers managed to grow chickpeas to the point of seed production in a material designed to mimic ...

The Myles variety of the legume was planted in simulated moon soil based on samples brought back by Apollo astronauts in ...

Texas scientists test using fungi and earthworms to turn toxic, abrasive moon dirt into soil capable of growing crops.

Nasa and other space agencies hope that humans will be living on the Moon in the coming years – and they’ll need something to eat ...

Ready to give up backyard composting because it's too difficult? It may surprise you to learn that prolific (and kind-of-cute ...

The Vampire Survivors board game smashed its Kickstarter goal - but does a bullet hell video game convert to the tabletop?

Homegrown chickpeas could be on the menu for future astronauts. With help from compost and symbiotic fungi, chickpea plants grow and produce seeds in simulated lunar dirt, researchers report March 5 ...

What is Pi Day? Pi Day is observed on March 14 because the month and day format we use has the first three digits for the value of Pi (π), 3.14. It was officially designated by Congress in 2009 (yes, ...