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origins of life

Life

We’re getting close to recreating the first step in evolution of life

Life is thought to have begun when RNA began replicating itself, and researchers have got close to achieving this in the lab

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Alicella gigantea, the world's largest amphipod

Life

Supergiant crustaceans could live across half the deep-sea floor

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Space

Astronomers double down on claim of strongest evidence for alien life

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Space

Alien megastructures would likely self-destruct before we spot them

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All living things emit an eerie glow that is snuffed out upon death

Life

All living things emit an eerie glow that is snuffed out upon death

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Life

Strange microbes give clues to the ancestor of all complex life

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Sir David Attenborough looks out to sea in Southern England. From National Geographic and Silverback and in association with All3Media International, documentary special OCEAN WITH DAVID ATTENBOROUGH highlights the vital, achievable actions the world can take to restore the ocean and stabilize the climate, debuting in 2025. (Photo by Conor McDonnell)

Life

¿ìè¶ÌÊÓƵ recommends Ocean with David Attenborough

Culture

Let's remember that extraordinary claims need extraordinary evidence

Life

Let's remember that extraordinary claims need extraordinary evidence

Leader

Space

Signs of alien life on exoplanet K2-18b may just be statistical noise

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Can a strange state of matter explain what life is – and how it began?

Life

Can a strange state of matter explain what life is – and how it began?

Laboratory experiments have coaxed simple molecules into states that naturally become more complex, hinting at the origins of evolution itself

Features

Space

Claims of alien life are overhyped – and miss the real accomplishment

Comment

Space

Will we ever have confirmation of life outside our solar system?

Analysis

Life

First ever confirmed image of a colossal squid in the deep ocean

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Life

The surprising new idea behind what sparked life on Earth

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