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Planning an extra half hour in the gym to counteract the effects of that extra doughnut in the morning? Think again. According to new research from the University of Sydney, high levels of exercise cannot offset the damaging effects of poor dietary cho… Continue reading A poor diet can’t be entirely offset by more exercise, study finds
Our first encounter with extraterrestrial life isn’t likely to be a spaceship landing on the White House lawn, but tiny fossils in the rocks of another planet. To aid in that search, scientists at the University of Hawaii at Mānoa have developed a port… Continue reading BioFinder detects organic molecules in fossils, could help find aliens
Whether or not there’s life on Venus is the subject of much debate among scientists, but a new study may close the case. Researchers at Cambridge have analyzed the Venusian atmosphere and found no sign of the chemical fingerprints microbes would be exp… Continue reading Chemical analysis may close the case on life on Venus
Scientists have created new artificial microbes by combining two very different organisms into one functioning entity. The hybrid of a yeast and a bacterium adds evidence to a long-standing hypothesis on how advanced life may have evolved.Continue Read… Continue reading New synthetic hybrids of yeast and bacteria demonstrate ancient evolution
How life on Earth first arose is one of the most profound mysteries of science, and evidence is mounting that the key building blocks may have been delivered to our home planet from space. A new study makes that scenario seem even more likely, as scien… Continue reading All five of life’s base units have now been found in meteorites
Researchers at the University of Tokyo have created an RNA molecule that can not just replicate, but “evolve” into a diverse range of more complex molecules. This find could plug a major gap in the puzzle of how life on Earth began.Continue ReadingCate… Continue reading RNA “evolution” breakthrough offers new clues on the origins of life
NASA’s Curiosity rover has detected high amounts of an unexpected form of carbon on Mars. That might not sound too exciting, but the kicker is that here on Earth, this chemical signature is usually associated with life.Continue ReadingCategory: Space, … Continue reading Curiosity detects carbon signature on Mars that, on Earth, indicates life
A mystery that has puzzled scientists for over 25 years may finally have been solved as a new study led by the Carnegie Institution for Science’s Andrew Steele suggests that signs of ancient life in a famous Martian meteorite may be due to geochemical … Continue reading Indicators of life in Martian meteorite may be due to ancient water
Is there microbial life floating around in the clouds of Venus? Scientists have long pondered this question and soon we may get some answers. A new report outlines the Venus Life Finder Missions, starting with a cloud-skimming mission in 2023 to search… Continue reading 2023 mission to Venus will skim the acidic clouds for signs of life
Jezero crater on Mars was chosen as the landing site for the Perseverance rover because satellite images suggested it was once an ancient lake. NASA scientists have now found more direct evidence of the location’s watery past, as photos snapped by the … Continue reading Ancient Martian lake and river delta clear in Perseverance photos