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RRS Sir David Attenborough completes ice trials in Antarctica

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RRS Sir David Attenborough completes ice trials in Antarctica

The RRS Sir David Attenborough has completed ice trials during its maiden voyage to Antarctica

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sponge mound

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Watch first video of a possible rare sponge reef found near California

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A cluster of deep sea octopus Muusoctopus robustus at Davidson Seamount, off California.

Life

Deep-sea ‘octopus garden’ has warm water that speeds egg hatching

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Rising seas could submerge Rio and Jakarta by 2100 – what can we do?

Environment

Rising seas could submerge Rio and Jakarta by 2100 – what can we do?

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NWA 7034

Space

Mars may have been habitable millions of years later than we thought

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The crater and its extremely harsh lake, Laguna Caliente, dominated by a single genus of extremophile Acidiphilium bacteria

Space

Bacteria survive extremes that may have existed in ancient Mars lakes

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Bubbles coming out of a cave in the pacific seabed, Japan.

Life

Microbes survive deep below the seafloor at temperatures up to 120°C

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Hot water drilling

Environment

Remarkable trove of species found living beneath Antarctic ice shelf

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MN6GWA iridescence on the surface of some soap bubbles illuminated from below

Life

How the shimmering secrets of iridescence could keep us cool

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Thwaites glacier

Environment

Collapse of doomsday glacier in Antarctica could begin within a decade

Antarctica's Thwaites glacier could lose its grip on its seamount within 10 years, which could lead to catastrophic sea level rise and potentially set off a domino effect in surrounding ice

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Environment

Race to start commercial deep-sea mining puts ecosystems at risk

Analysis

Life

Living robots made from frog cells can replicate themselves in a dish

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Life

Why haven't we heard from aliens? There is a reason for the silence

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Life

Why is the universe just right for life? Blame the multiverse

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