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WHY do we exist?

Life

Why do we exist? The meaning of life isn’t to be found in the stars

We are tiny specks of life in a vast, indifferent cosmos – but to say that decreases the value of our existence is to measure ourselves against the wrong thing

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RRS Sir David Attenborough and Boaty McBoatface visit London

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RRS Sir David Attenborough and Boaty McBoatface visit London

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Scientific instruments in space are monitoring how Earth's climate is changing

Environment

6 charts that show what climate change is doing to our planet

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RRS Sir David Attenborough

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RRS Sir David Attenborough and Boaty McBoatface visit London

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Harold Clayton Urey

Life

Glass flask catalysed famous Miller-Urey origin-of-life experiment

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A sea cucumber, Chiridota heheva

Life

Sea cucumber has modified genes to help it live on hydrothermal vents

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Protoplanetary disc

Space

Maps of planetary nurseries will help the complex hunt for alien life

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Big polar bear on drifting ice edge with snow and water in Arctic Svalbard. Big dangerous animal from cold nature.; Shutterstock ID 541733374; purchase_order: -; job: -; client: -; other: -

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Polar bears in Svalbard archipelago are inbreeding due to sea ice loss

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Map of North America

Environment

Texas cold crisis early this year linked to melting Arctic sea ice

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container ship Maersk Murcia

Technology

Shipping has made slow progress on climate change – can methanol help?

Maersk, the world’s biggest shipping company, has ordered eight ships capable of running on methanol, which could prove a crucial route to helping the shipping industry decarbonise

Analysis

Space

Martian cave entrances may offer a life-friendly radiation shield

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Life

Organic blobs built in lab may be small step towards synthetic life

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Environment

Inside the fight to stop destructive fishing in marine protected areas

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Environment

Kelp surveys on England's south coast monitor a key climate defence

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