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origins of life

What is life and how did it evolve? We're getting closer to the answer

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What is life and how did it evolve? We're getting closer to the answer

Science is still struggling to define what life actually is, and how it came to be. Now, Paul Davies argues that an answer is at last in sight.

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We know the best spots to look for alien life – can we get to them?

Space

We know the best spots to look for alien life – can we get to them?

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Life

Earth's first life may have fuelled itself with a metal metabolism

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The extraordinary deep-sea lifeforms that feast on sunken carcasses

Life

The extraordinary deep-sea lifeforms that feast on sunken carcasses

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Life's other mystery: Why biology's building blocks are so lop-sided

Life

Life's other mystery: Why biology's building blocks are so lop-sided

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Newly discovered species found deep in the ocean contains microplastic

Life

Newly discovered species found deep in the ocean contains microplastic

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The coronavirus owes its name to the crown-like projections that encircle the capsid.

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Viruses

A demon from Doom

Technology

Doom Eternal review: A welcome adrenaline-inducing distraction

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Mars may once have had right conditions for RNA to develop into life

Space

Mars may once have had right conditions for RNA to develop into life

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Solar flares and cosmic rays may make Proxima b warm enough for life

Space

Solar flares and cosmic rays may make Proxima b warm enough for life

Proxima Centauri b, a planet orbiting our nearest stellar neighbour, is being blasted with cosmic rays and solar flares – which could make it warm enough to host life

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Life

First self-replicating molecules may have had just two ingredients

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Humans

Uploading your brain will leave you exposed to software glitches

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Life

Octopuses were thought to be solitary until a social species turned up

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Life

AI genome scanner says Denisovans could live until 38 years old

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