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Life may have learned to use oxygen long before it filled Earth’s air
7+ mon, 3+ day ago (1001+ words) and most animals depend on it. But for most of Earth’s history, oxygen wasn’t a stable part of the atmosphere...much later. A lot of researchers have argued that Earth’s rocks acted like a giant sponge. Oxygen is…...
Antarctica is home to microbes found nowhere else on Earth
1+ week, 5+ day ago (759+ words) Antarctic soils harbor microbes found nowhere else on Earth, revealing a hidden world of life uniquely adapted...it works, a microbe found in exactly one place on Earth shouldn’t exist at all. “There is a long-standing...
Hippos in the Ice Age? DNA reveals a survival story
11+ mon, 1+ day ago (746+ words) Europe during the Ice Age wasn’t always the frozen wasteland we imagine. Between glaciers and tundra, rivers still flowed, and the land breathed in warm intervals. In those moments, something remarkable happened – hippos lived there. A new study published in…...
Biodiversity Cell Atlas project is creating a map of every living thing, cell by cell
11+ mon, 1+ week ago (834+ words) Imagine trying to understand all of life on Earth by looking not just at whole organisms, but by...type of cell across all of eukaryotic life. Life on Earth is dazzling in its variety, yet it’s all made from...
Deep-sea voyage uncovers a glowing shark and a ghostly porcelain crab
11+ mon, 5+ hour ago (727+ words) are small, both extraordinary, and both prove that Earth’s mysteries often live far below the surface. Dr....
Scientists warn of a new biological risk and call for an international summit
8+ mon, 3+ day ago (838+ words) small release can escalate into a large problem. Earth shows homochirality, with life using one molecular...
Hemoglobin and other blood molecules found preserved in dinosaur fossils
11+ mon, 4+ week ago (814+ words) Two iconic dinosaurs – Tyrannosaurus rex and Brachylophosaurus canadensis – have yielded a fresh line of evidence that traces of their original biology can survive for tens of millions of years. In new work, researchers at North Carolina State University identified hemoglobin…...
Culture is driving human evolution faster than our genes
11+ mon, 3+ week ago (646+ words) Evolution is often framed as a slow process encoded into our DNA. Yet some scientists argue we may be witnessing a shift of a different kind – one driven not by biology but by culture. This idea challenges traditional views of…...
Ancient microbes left wrinkles in deep seafloor rocks
7+ mon, 3+ week ago (815+ words) grooves. The study was led by Dr. Rowan Martindale, an Earth scientist at the University of Texas at Austin...
Scientists 'reanimate' a worm that was frozen in Siberian permafrost for over 46,000 years
10+ mon, 3+ week ago (755+ words) In Siberian permafrost, scientists thawed ancient soil and saw tiny nematodes move. These animals “woke up” after an extremely long freeze and resumed life functions in the lab. Their revival raises clear scientific questions and practical ones. How long were…...