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First fertile, then futile: ammonites or the boon and bane of many offspring
Apr 26, 2012 (SPX)
Ammonites changed their reproductive strategy from initially few and large offspring to numerous and small hatchlings. Thanks to their many offspring, they surv...
Finding ET may require giant robotic leap
Apr 20, 2012 (SPX)
Autonomous, self-replicating robots - exobots - are the way to explore the universe, find and identify extraterrestrial life and perhaps clean up space debris i...
H3+: The Molecule that Made the Universe
Apr 17, 2012 (SPX)
In a study that pushed quantum mechanical theory and research capabilities to the limit, UA researchers have found a way to see the molecule that likely made th...
Impacts Could be Boon for Subterranean Life
Apr 17, 2012 (SPX)
An incoming asteroid is trouble whether you're a dinosaur or a Bruce Willis fan. But microbes living deep underground may actually welcome the news, according t...
Water, water everywhere - but is it essential to life?
Apr 14, 2012 (SPX)
New research by scientists at the University of Bristol has challenged one of the key beliefs in chemistry: that proteins are dependent on water to survive and ...
Could advanced dinosaurs rule other planets
Apr 12, 2012 (SPX)
New scientific research raises the possibility that advanced versions of T. rex and other dinosaurs - monstrous creatures with the intelligence and cunning of h...
In the Beginning ... Was the Beaker?
Apr 05, 2012 (SPX)
In the beginning ... but how do you begin? That question has long perplexed scientists in fields from cosmology to anthropology. Fortunately, researchers at the...
How Deep Must Life Hide to be Safe on Europa?
Apr 02, 2012 (SPX)
Considered one of the best potential sources for extraterrestrial life in the solar system, Europa may hide life in the ocean deep beneath the moon's icy crust....
Far-Out Photosynthesis
Mar 27, 2012 (SPX)
Everyone knows that we as humans literally owe the air we breathe to the greenery around us. As school children we learned that plants (as well as algae and cya...
Super-Earth unlikely able to transfer life to other planets
Mar 23, 2012 (SPX)
While scientists believe conditions suitable for life might exist on the so-called "super-Earth" in the Gliese 581 system, it's unlikely to be transferred to ot...
Running hot and cold in the deep sea: Scientists explore rare environment
Mar 15, 2012 (SPX)
Among the many intriguing aspects of the deep sea, Earth's largest ecosystem, exist environments known as hydrothermal vent systems where hot water surges out f...
Meteorites Reveal Another Way to Make Life's Components
Mar 12, 2012 (SPX)
Creating some of life's building blocks in space may be a bit like making a sandwich - you can make them cold or hot, according to new NASA research. This evide...
Hot Meets Cold at New Deep-Sea Ecosystem: Hydrothermal Seep
Mar 12, 2012 (SPX)
Decades ago, marine scientists made a startling discovery in the deep sea. They found environments known as hydrothermal vents, where hot water surges from the ...
Acidic Europa May Eat Away at Chances for Life
Mar 02, 2012 (SPX)
The ocean underneath the icy shell of Jupiter's moon Europa could be too acid to support life, due to compounds that may regularly migrate downward from its sur...
VLT rediscovers life on Earth By looking at the moon
Mar 02, 2012 (SPX)
"We used a trick called earthshine observation to look at the Earth as if it were an exoplanet," says Michael Sterzik (ESO), lead author of the paper. "The Sun ...
Microbial oasis discovered beneath the Atacama Desert
Feb 17, 2012 (SPX)
Two metres below the surface of the Atacama Desert there is an 'oasis' of microorganisms. Researchers from the Center of Astrobiology (Spain) and the Catholic U...
The quest for sugars involved in origin of life
Feb 17, 2012 (SPX)
Sugars give rise to enormous biochemical interest given the importance and diversity of the functions they carry out: they act as an energy storage system and s...
Antarctic lake could reveal new life, say scientists
Feb 09, 2012 (AFP)
Russian scientists said Thursday a probe to a pristine lake deep under the ice of Antarctica could bring revelations on the evolution of the planet Earth and po...
High Planetary Tilt Lowers Odds for Life?
Feb 08, 2012 (NASA)
If you think summer is too hot or winter unbearably cold, take solace that in the distant past seasons on our planet might have been much harsher. However, the ...
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