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Alien plants: The search for photosynthesis on other worlds

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Alien plants: The search for photosynthesis on other worlds

Looking for signs of life in exoplanet atmospheres is fraught with uncertainty. But now that we can detect polarised light reflected directly off other worlds, we could spot unmistakable evidence of photosynthesis

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The Deep-Sea Podcast review: The mind-boggling mysteries of the deep

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The Deep-Sea Podcast review: The mind-boggling mysteries of the deep

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Tanja Bosak interview: How Perseverance will hunt for life on Mars

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Tanja Bosak interview: How Perseverance will hunt for life on Mars

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The oceans are changing - here’s how to help researchers monitor them

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The oceans are changing - here’s how to help researchers monitor them

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How deep is the Mariana trench?

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How deep is the Mariana trench?

The Brilliant Abyss review: A fascinating tour of the ocean’s depths

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The Brilliant Abyss review: A fascinating tour of the ocean’s depths

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Fairy lantern flower has a gaping 'mouth' and saps energy from fungi

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What’s next for the Mars Perseverance rover? Your questions answered

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What’s next for the Mars Perseverance rover? Your questions answered

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Deepest land-dwelling microbes found at bottom of 5km hole in China

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Deepest land-dwelling microbes found at bottom of 5km hole in China

Microbes at the bottom of the third deepest hole in the world may be surviving life at 137°C, which would extend life’s known thermal tolerances

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Ten conservation success stories when species came back from the brink

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Life found beneath Antarctic ice sheet 'shouldn't be there'

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Avi Loeb: Is ‘Oumuamua extraterrestrial technology?

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Life found beneath Antarctic ice sheet 'shouldn't be there'

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