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We may need a fourth law of thermodynamics for living systems

The laws of thermodynamics don't accurately account for the complex processes in living cells – do we need a new one to accurately measure the ways living systems are out of equilibrium?

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seafloor covered with manganese nodules

Environment

Have we found a greener way to do deep-sea mining?

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Sporophyte sample from the space exposure experiment on the ISS

Life

Moss spores survive and germinate after 283-day 'space walk'

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Space

Caves carved by water on Mars may hold signs of past life

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Space

Enceladus’s ocean may be even better for life than we realised

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Space

We may never figure out where interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS came from

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Life

Orcas are ganging up on great white sharks to eat their livers

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Space

Sorry, but interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS really is a comet, not aliens

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Space

The Martian permafrost may be hiding veins of habitable liquid water

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Life

'Sword Dragon' ichthyosaur had enormous eyes and a lethal snout

A beautifully preserved skeleton found on the UK’s Jurassic Coast has been identified as a new species of the marine reptiles known as ichthyosaurs

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Life

See the alien-looking sea slug spotted in UK waters for the first time

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Life

Fascinating artistic depictions of sea life over millennia

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Life

Earth's extraordinary deep biosphere is our next great frontier

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Life

How life thrives in one of the most hostile environments on Earth

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