At first glance, it looked like a Chestburster, a baby Xenomorph, or something that had no business floating anywhere near a spacecraft. A purple, tentacled 'egg' drifting in microgravity sent social ...

Just a few things kept Mark Watney alive in The Martian — resourcefulness, wit, and a handful of spuds. Without all three, he probably wouldn’t have survived. Now, preliminary results from research at ...