Diana Northup can get extreme about extremophiles, microbes that thrive in environments that would terminate us humans in seconds flat. "We think we're superior beings, but these guys are really ...

无论是在火山这样炎热的地方，还是像地球两极那样的严寒之地，生命都可以找到生存的机会。在这些极端环境中生长的生物体被称为嗜极生物（extremophiles）。它们的身体演化出了一些独特的适应能力，可以在这些极端的环境下生存。

Usually, but not invariably, single celled organisms that can survive and thrive in what humans would consider extreme conditions – radioactive, low or high pressure, acidic or alkaline, very ...

Newly released images of Mars reveal a "smiley" salt deposit on the Red Planet's surface. A related study suggests that ...

Scientists may learn more about Earthly life and maybe extraterrestrial life by studying how these extremophiles endure harsh ...

A historic brine bath is the site of a potential breakthrough in the prevention of antibiotic resistance in relation to MRSA, ...

Among them, unusual creatures that microbiologists call extremophiles, which have figured in significant scientific discoveries. Lightning strikes above the Fan and Mortar geysers in Yellowstone's ...

As the famed British naturalist David Attenborough noted, “In our hands now lies not only our own future but that of all ...

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Many microbes are extremophiles, capable of surviving conditions that would spell instant death for you and me. From deep-sea hydrothermal vents to boiling hot springs, these single-celled ...

The North Pole is called the Arctic and contains polar bears. The South Pole is the Antarctic. It has no polar bears, but many penguins. Both the Arctic and Antarctic are extremely cold, often ...