Archivists who work in museums must be very bored. Who would think of placing taxidermied specimens from 1922 under ...

So, they sent some sporophytes to the ISS. Astronauts affixed the samples to the station's exterior, where they remained for ...

UV radiation doesn’t just burn the skin — it breaks DNA apart at the molecular level. Each hit forces cells to repair ...

Common moss spores survived nine months bolted to the outside of the International Space Station, paving the way toward space ...

Researchers discovered that moss spores can survive nearly a year exposed directly to space. Despite intense UV radiation and temperature swings, most spores remained viable when returned to Earth.

Sporophytes survived nine months in orbit; most endured and germinated back on Earth, revealing insights into plant ...

To see, Fujita’s team turned to Physcomitrium patens, a well-studied species moss commonly called spreading earthmoss. They ...

Mosses thrive in the most extreme environments on Earth, from the peaks of the Himalayas to the sands of Death Valley, the ...

US-Italy researchers have used quantum-mechanical simulations to resolve a decades-old puzzle about how ultraviolet ...

A study reveals the hidden sunburn–skin cancer link. Here’s why this matters for South Africans living under a high UV index.

When people talk about terraforming planets, they don’t usually think of moss as a tool, but perhaps we’ve been underrating ...

The spores’ thick outer walls acted like built-in shields, helping them withstand extreme radiation and temperature swings ...