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marine life

WHY do we exist?

Life

Why do we exist? The meaning of life isn’t to be found in the stars

We are tiny specks of life in a vast, indifferent cosmos – but to say that decreases the value of our existence is to measure ourselves against the wrong thing

Features

A humpback whale

Life

Baleen whales eat three times more krill than we thought

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Harold Clayton Urey

Life

Glass flask catalysed famous Miller-Urey origin-of-life experiment

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A sea cucumber, Chiridota heheva

Life

Sea cucumber has modified genes to help it live on hydrothermal vents

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Mother and baby Antarctic Fur seals

Life

Antarctic seal numbers rose and fell with climate over 50,000 years

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Protoplanetary disc

Space

Maps of planetary nurseries will help the complex hunt for alien life

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a lone female ostracod Photeros annecohenae (Anne's sea firefly) releasing bioluminescence. This photo was taken by Elliot Lowndes (https://mrlowndes.com) in our lab, and he should be credited upon use of this photo. This is a composite photo, combining the animal itself and its bioluminescence, taken separately

Life

Sea fireflies adapted their threatening glow to attract mates

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A grenadier fish swimming along the sea floor near an anemone

Life

A glimpse at Greenland's deep-sea ecosystems threatened by fishing

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Male bigfin reef squid may be the best fathers of all cephalopods

Life

Male bigfin reef squid may be the best fathers of all cephalopods

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Martian surface

Space

Martian cave entrances may offer a life-friendly radiation shield

The surface of Mars is bombarded with far more dangerous radiation than Earth, but the area just inside caves may shield from UV rays while providing just enough light for life

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Life

Organic blobs built in lab may be small step towards synthetic life

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Video

Inside the fight to stop destructive fishing in marine protected areas

Video

Environment

Inside the fight to stop destructive fishing in marine protected areas

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Environment

Kelp surveys on England's south coast monitor a key climate defence

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