Japanese researchers have discovered a new species of the enigmatic marine worm Xenoturbella, which they have named Xenoturbella japonica, as reported in a new study published in BMC Evolutionary Biology. […]
Origin & Evolution of Life
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Fossil Microorganisms Indicate Life in the Universe is Common
A new analysis of the oldest known fossil microorganisms provides strong evidence to support an increasingly widespread understanding that life in the universe is common. The microorganisms, from Western Australia, […]
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Astrobiologist Dale Andersen Antarctic Status Report 28 November 2017: Last Week at Lake Untersee
This message was received via Iridium on 28 November 28, 2017 8:13:28 AM EST “We are in our last week of work here at Untersee before heading back to Novo […]
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Astrobiologist Dale Andersen Antarctic Status Report 26 November 2017: Busy Days at Lake Untersee
Dale Andersen sent this message on 26 November 2017 at :09:26 AM EST: “We are working pretty hard while taking advantage of the nice days we have had recently. I […]
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Potential Missing Link In The Chemistry That Led to Life on Earth
Chemists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have found a compound that may have been a crucial factor in the origins of life on Earth. Origins-of-life researchers have hypothesized that […]
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Was The Primordial Soup a Hearty Pre-protein Stew?
The primordial soup that sloshed around billions of years ago, and eventually led to first life on our planet, might have been teeming with primal precursors of proteins. Ancestors of […]
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Origin Of Photosynthesis In A Sun-loving Bacteria
Every day, enough sunlight hits the Earth to power the planet many times over — if only we could more efficiently capture all the energy. With today’s solar panels limited […]
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Did Life Begin On Land Rather Than In The Sea?
A paradigm-shifting hypothesis laid out by UC Santa Cruz astrobiologists David Deamer and Bruce Damer could reshape our idea about the origin of life For three years, Tara Djokic, a […]
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How Old Are Animals on Earth?
The origin of animals was one of the most important events in the history of Earth. Beautifully preserved fossil embryos suggest that our oldest ancestors might have existed a little […]
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Sea Level as a Metronome of Earth's History
Sedimentary layers record the history of the Earth. They contain stratigraphic cycles and patterns that precisely reveal the succession of climatic and tectonic conditions that have occurred over millennia, thereby […]