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Deep-sea microbes survive on less energy than we thought possible

We thought we understood life’s minimal energy requirements – but microbes beneath the sea floor survive on hundreds of times less energy than we considered possible

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A radical new theory rewrites the story of how life on Earth began

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A radical new theory rewrites the story of how life on Earth began

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Panspermia

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Panspermia

Goldilocks zone (KEPLER 1649)

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Goldilocks zone

Marine kaleidoscope shows the beauty of coral reefs

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Marine kaleidoscope shows the beauty of coral reefs

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Climate change may kill off nearly all polar bears by 2100

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Climate change may kill off nearly all polar bears by 2100

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How many planets have been discovered?

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How many planets have been discovered?

Hundreds of thousands of slime moulds can merge together to find food

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Hundreds of thousands of slime moulds can merge together to find food

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Butterflies are showing us how wildlife will cope with climate change

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Butterflies are showing us how wildlife will cope with climate change

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Arctic explorers find unusually thin ice as a result of climate change

The biggest ever science expedition to the Arctic found sea ice that was so unusually thin that it could threaten future efforts to study the effects of climate change in the region

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This week’s new questions

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Life

Why icy moons like Europa are our best bet for finding alien life

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Life

First life on Earth may actually have been built from both RNA and DNA

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

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