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spaceman

Space

Does alien life have to look like us? Or even be intelligent?

Imagined Life, a riveting update of what we know about the planets beyond our solar system, makes smart guesses about what we might face when we do make contact

Culture

A hermit crab

Life

Microplastics may stop hermit crabs from choosing the best home

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Artists impression of a planet

Space

This watery planet is the best place to hunt life we've seen so far

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coral spawning

Environment

Coral reefs are now spawning out of sync and might fail to reproduce

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great barrier reef

Environment

Great Barrier Reef now has 'very poor' outlook due to climate change

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night sky artwork

Space

Are there any aliens out there? We are close to knowing for sure

Features

Glowing organisms

Space

We could find alien life on exoplanets by looking for its glow

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Lee Cronin

Chemistry

Chemist Lee Cronin is building an alien to work out why life exists

Regulars

Life

Don't miss: Curative comedy, cultural copies and an unlikely fish diet

Culture

The team inspects the tree

Environment

Tree stumps that should be dead can be kept alive by nearby trees

A tree stump that should have died is being kept alive by neighbouring trees that are funnelling water and nutrients to it through an interconnected root system

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Life

Endangered whale sharks strain fish out of the water using huge mouths

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Life

Early life on Earth may have existed as miniature droplets of jelly

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Space

Internet joke plan to 'raid' Area 51 gets stern reply from US military

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Humans

James Lovelock says artificial intelligence is the start of new life

Regulars