Pioneering autonomous science facility puts a big focus on tiny microbes and AI-driven science.

Scientists plumbed the depths of nearly 3,000 soil samples from around the globe to compile the heftiest atlas of soil viruses ever created.

Studying how microorganisms behave in space could facilitate farming in the final frontier and lead to better crops on Earth.

Soil and its microbial inhabitants from Washington state are heading for the International Space Station today.