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origins of life

Life

Orcas have begun wearing salmon hats again – and we may soon know why

About 40 years ago, researchers noticed a population of orcas had begun swimming around with dead fish on their heads, and now the craze is back

News

Brainwave experiment shows minke whales have ultrasonic hearing

Life

Brainwave experiment shows minke whales have ultrasonic hearing

News

2M2WTDW Islands of floating algae. Seaweed Brown Sargassum floating on surface of the water, sun's rays breaking through the thick grass. Underwater shot

Environment

Could seaweed be the ultimate carbon capture solution?

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The Taurus molecular cloud

Space

Complex form of carbon spotted outside solar system for first time

News

The free-energy principle: Can one idea explain why everything exists?

Mind

The free-energy principle: Can one idea explain why everything exists?

Features

Illustration of asteroids with geysers

Space

Freeze-thaw cycle helps asteroids ferry molecules of life to planets

News

Space

Search for alien transmissions in promising star system draws a blank

News

Knausgaard

Society

New Scientist recommends Karl Ove Knausgaard's novel The Third Realm

Culture

Manta ray {Manta birostris} from below, Sulu-sulawesi seas, Indo-Pacific

Life

Richard Powers's new novel is a beautiful love letter to our oceans

Culture

380363 03: William Protor polishes a model flying saucer on property near Jamul, CA, October 15, 2000, purchased by the Unarius Academy of Science to serve as a future landing site for

Space

Two new books explore how UFOs captured the world’s imagination

Greg Eghigian's After the Flying Saucers Came and Luis Elizondo's Imminent both show how our fascination with UFOs goes beyond simple curiosity

Culture

Video

Inside NASA's lab exploring conditions for life on other worlds

Video

Earth

A dramatic twist to the Gaia hypothesis

Culture

Space

Why NASA is sending a probe to Europa – and what it’s looking for

Features

Life

We now know that life began on Earth much earlier than we thought

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