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Mars may once have had right conditions for RNA to develop into life

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Mars may once have had right conditions for RNA to develop into life

When Mars was young, parts of the planet may have been able to sustain RNA, a molecule that probably played a key role in the beginnings of life on Earth

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Solar flares and cosmic rays may make Proxima b warm enough for life

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Solar flares and cosmic rays may make Proxima b warm enough for life

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Abiogenesis

Life

First self-replicating molecules may have had just two ingredients

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Uploading your brain will leave you exposed to software glitches

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Uploading your brain will leave you exposed to software glitches

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Octopuses were thought to be solitary until a social species turned up

Life

Octopuses were thought to be solitary until a social species turned up

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A close-up of the 3D printed reconstruction of a female Denisovan,

Life

AI genome scanner says Denisovans could live until 38 years old

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Exploring the deep ocean and the surprising creatures that live there

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Exploring the deep ocean and the surprising creatures that live there

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Geraint Lewis at New Scientist Live 2019

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The search for aliens: Is anybody out there?

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Imagined Mars settlement

Space

Should SpaceX be allowed to contaminate Mars with Earth microbes?

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Inflatible green Aliens standing in line

Life

Alien life could be weirder than our Earthling brains can ever imagine

Our conceptions of alien life are based on a sample of one: Earth’s life. That means even our wildest imaginings are likely to be completely off beam

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Life

Extinction is a fact of life. Could we stop it – or even reverse it?

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Life

Predators may make prey get smart and grow more brain cells

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When will we hear from aliens? We may already have done so

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The problem with plastic - and how science can solve it

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