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origins of life

Spotlight on plankton, the ocean's fascinating, bite-sized creatures

Life

Spotlight on plankton, the ocean's fascinating, bite-sized creatures

Every night, plankton take a journey to shallower waters to feed, prompting predators to follow in search of a very small, but tasty, snack. These images are taken from a new book, Planktonia, illuminating their daily ascent

Regulars

The Murchison meteorite

Chemistry

Building blocks for life may be able to form in radioactive meteorites

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Pair of vaquita sighted during 2008 survey in Gulf of California

Life

Mexico’s latest plan to save endangered vaquitas could backfire

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jellyfish-like siphonophores

Video

Siphonophores' propulsion system is built for speed and efficiency

Video

The omicron sub-variant BQ.1.1 has mutations that may help it to spread and perhaps evade past immunity

Health

A soup of omicron subvariants could drive the next covid-19 wave

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Remote review: An architect in a future Kuala Lumpur comes adrift

Humans

Remote review: An architect in a future Kuala Lumpur comes adrift

Culture

Bacteria picture

Space

Bacteria could survive just under Mars's surface for 280 million years

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The hunt for habitable ocean worlds beyond our solar system

Space

The hunt for habitable ocean worlds beyond our solar system

Features

LELYSTAD, NETHERLANDS - APRIL 08: The remains of a deer are seen in the Oostvaardersplassen nature reserve on April 08, 2018 in Lelystad, Netherlands. Thousands of animals died during this winter due to overpopulation and a shortage of food. Animal activists feed the horses, deer and cattle by throwing hay over the fences despite a ban by the local authorities. Emotions are running high as many of the animals face starvation with Oostvaardersplassen's feeding policy for large grazers being heavily criticised. (Photo by Pierre Crom/Getty Images)

Environment

The surprising role death plays in the stability of ecosystems

Features

Shipwreck

Environment

Second world war shipwreck is leaking toxic chemicals in the North Sea

A German warship, the V-1302 John Mahn, was sunk in 1942 and is currently leaking toxic chemical and heavy metals in the North Sea

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Space

Jet from neutron stars seems to travel seven times the speed of light

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Environment

11th-century polymath was the first to recognise past climate change

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Life

Experiments hint at how molecules essential to all life first arose

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Environment

What’s causing a mass die-off of crabs on the UK coast?

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