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Last common ancestor of all life emerged far earlier than thought

All life on Earth can trace its origin to LUCA, the last universal common ancestor – and now it seems this organism may have lived a few hundred million years after the planet formed

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Why taking our grief out into nature can help us heal

Mind

Why taking our grief out into nature can help us heal

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Technology

Google creates self-replicating life from digital 'primordial soup'

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New Quiet Place movie adds to irrational fears over marauding aliens

Mind

New Quiet Place movie adds to irrational fears over marauding aliens

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This image from ESO?s VISTA telescope captures a celestial landscape of vast, glowing clouds of gas and tendrils of dust surrounding hot young stars. This infrared view reveals the stellar nursery known as NGC 6357 in a new light. It was taken as part of the VISTA Variables in the V?a L?ctea (VVV) survey, which is currently scanning the Milky Way in a bid to map our galaxy?s structure and explain how it formed.

Physics

Why this is a golden age for life to thrive across the universe

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HY0AKX Little green alien and welcome sign welcomes visitors to a business in Roswell, New Mexico

Space

Why our location in the Milky Way is perfect for finding alien life

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Environment

Warm water seeping under Antarctic ice sheets may accelerate melting

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Life

Why herbs evolved to smell and taste so delicious

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Johnson's abyssal seadevil (Melanocetus johnsonii) portrait, cleared and stained by scientists, showing cartilage in blue and bones in red. Clearly visible in this picture are the pharyngeal jaws, which are like small forks that work like a second set of jaws that can pull prey items further into its mouth. The gill arches and gill rakers are also on full display. RV Sonne, Cruise SO285, South Atlantic, Benguela upwelling region off the coast of South Africa and Namibia. Captive..

Life

Striking image lets you see inside a deep-sea anglerfish's killer jaws

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Life

Don't forget birds and bats when renovating or building new homes

As newer homes are built or older homes are renovated, empty attic spaces are disappearing – this eliminates a vital refuge for birds and bats during a biodiversity crisis

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Life

Quantum biology: New clues on how life might make use of weird physics

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Environment

To rescue biodiversity, we need a better way to measure it

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Space

Dozens of stars show signs of hosting advanced alien civilisations

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The hunt for alien planets and extraterrestrial life

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