Russian scientists believe they have found a wholly new type of bacteria in the mysterious subglacial Lake Vostok in Antarctica, the RIA Novosti news agency reported on Thursday.
Earth Sciences
Mar 7, 2013
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New evidence has emerged which supports the long-debated theory that life on Earth may have started on Mars.
Space Exploration
Aug 28, 2013
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Eventually, the day will come when life on Earth ends. Whether that’s tomorrow or five billion years from now, whether by nuclear war, climate change, or the Sun burning up its fuel, the last living cell ...
(Phys.org)—A group of US researchers studying some of the oldest rocks in the world in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, say they have found the oldest traces of life on Earth, dated at 3.49 billion years old.
(Phys.org) —It's among the most ancient of questions: What are the origins of life on Earth? A new experiment simulating conditions in deep space reveals that the complex building blocks of life could have been created ...
Space Exploration
Mar 5, 2013
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(Phys.org) —In 2 billion years' time, life on Earth will be confined to pockets of liquid water deep underground, according to PhD astrobiologist Jack O'Malley James of the University of St Andrews. The new research also ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 2, 2013
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Scientists have pinpointed the lowest temperature at which simple life can live and grow.
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 21, 2013
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(Phys.org) —The eel-like body and scrawny "limbs" of the African lungfish would appear to make it an unlikely innovator for locomotion. But its improbable walking behavior, newly described by University of Chicago scientists, ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 12, 2011
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(Phys.org) —A structural biologist at the Florida State University College of Medicine has made discoveries that could lead scientists a step closer to understanding how life first emerged on Earth billions of years ago.
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 5, 2013
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When life on Earth first emerged about 4 billion years ago, it was simple by today's standards.
Biochemistry
Oct 22, 2010
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