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Scientists warn of a new biological risk and call for an international summit
8+ mon, 2+ day ago (838+ words) small release can escalate into a large problem. Earth shows homochirality, with life using one molecular...
Antarctica is home to microbes found nowhere else on Earth
1+ week, 4+ 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...
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...
Life may have learned to use oxygen long before it filled Earth’s air
7+ mon, 2+ 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…...
Deep-sea voyage uncovers a glowing shark and a ghostly porcelain crab
10+ mon, 4+ week ago (727+ words) are small, both extraordinary, and both prove that Earth’s mysteries often live far below the surface. Dr....
Scientists recover the world's oldest RNA in a well-preserved woolly mammoth
9+ mon, 3+ week ago (755+ words) final moments of life of a mammoth that walked the Earth during the last Ice Age. This is information that...
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…...
Hippos in the Ice Age? DNA reveals a survival story
11+ mon, 23+ hour 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…...
Tiny bats hunt like lions, striking with patience and precision
10+ mon, 1+ week ago (810+ words) of their hunts end in success. Few predators on Earth reach that level. This bat doesn’t chase. It listens....
Which animal really came first? The debate may finally be settled
9+ mon, 3+ week ago (881+ words) A question has stirred up arguments in biology for years: which creature sits at the very base of the animal family tree? The choice seems simple. It is either the sponge, which has no muscles and no neurons, or the…...