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Ancient Life Locked Arsenic Away To Survive Environmental Changes

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Groundbreaking Analysis Provides Day-by-day Insight Into Prehistoric Plankton’s Capacity For Change

Biosignatures & Paleobiology

Groundbreaking Analysis Provides Day-by-day Insight Into Prehistoric Plankton’s Capacity For Change

Origin Of The RNA World In Cold Hadean Geothermal Fields Enriched In Zinc And Potassium – Abiogenesis As A Positive Fallout From The Moon-Forming Impact?

Origin & Evolution of Life

Origin Of The RNA World In Cold Hadean Geothermal Fields Enriched In Zinc And Potassium – Abiogenesis As A Positive Fallout From The Moon-Forming Impact?

The Cambrian Explosion May Have Occurred Much Earlier Than Previously Thought

Origin & Evolution of Life

The Cambrian Explosion May Have Occurred Much Earlier Than Previously Thought

Micron-scale Crystals In Halite Are Proxies For Permian Acid Brines

Biosignatures & Paleobiology

Micron-scale Crystals In Halite Are Proxies For Permian Acid Brines

Calcium Carbonate As A Potential Template for the Origin of Life

Origin & Evolution of Life

Calcium Carbonate As A Potential Template for the Origin of Life

Fossils Reveal New Clues About Early Ocean Life On Earth

Fossils & Paleontology

Fossils Reveal New Clues About Early Ocean Life On Earth

Microbial Diversity Of Coastal Microbial Mats Formations In Karstic Habitats From The Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico

Microbiology & Virology

Microbial Diversity Of Coastal Microbial Mats Formations In Karstic Habitats From The Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico

Martian Samples, Hazards, And Biosecurity: Between Science And Bioethics

Planetary Protection & Biosafety

Martian Samples, Hazards, And Biosecurity: Between Science And Bioethics

How Does Life Rebound From Mass Extinctions?

Extinction events

How Does Life Rebound From Mass Extinctions?

Study Resolves The Diatom Tree Of Life

Nomenclature, Systematics, Natural History

Study Resolves The Diatom Tree Of Life

Rock Record Illuminates Earth’s Oxygen History

Biogeochemical Cycles & Geobiology

Rock Record Illuminates Earth’s Oxygen History

Membrane-Spanning Molecular Lengths as an Agnostic Biosignature

Biosignatures & Paleobiology

Membrane-Spanning Molecular Lengths as an Agnostic Biosignature

Perseverance Mars Rover Explores Krokodillen Region Of Jezero Crater

Mars

Perseverance Mars Rover Explores Krokodillen Region Of Jezero Crater

Biosignatures: The Oldest Ant Ever Discovered Found Fossilized In Brazil

Biosignatures & Paleobiology

Biosignatures: The Oldest Ant Ever Discovered Found Fossilized In Brazil

Perseverance Drills Main River Rock Sample

Mars

Perseverance Drills Main River Rock Sample

Dinosaurs’ Apparent Decline Prior To Asteroid May Be Due To A Poor Fossil Record

Extinction events

Dinosaurs’ Apparent Decline Prior To Asteroid May Be Due To A Poor Fossil Record

Community Need For An Astrobiology Sample Repository And Sample Reference Suite – NASA DARES White Paper

Sample Return

Community Need For An Astrobiology Sample Repository And Sample Reference Suite – NASA DARES White Paper

Microbial Ecology Of Serpentinite-hosted Ecosystems

Biogeochemical Cycles & Geobiology

Microbial Ecology Of Serpentinite-hosted Ecosystems

Tricorder Tech: Extant Life Detection Using Label-Free Video Microscopy In Analog Aquatic Environments

Tricorders & Sensors

Tricorder Tech: Extant Life Detection Using Label-Free Video Microscopy In Analog Aquatic Environments