biology

Have We Been Wrong About the Origins of Life?

Posted in Featured, Science on 19th Aug, 2016
by Alex Muller

An alternative idea; that life arose deep in the ocean within warm, rocky structures called hydrothermal vents.

NASA's Next Mars Rover Intensifies Hunt for Extinct Martian Microbes

Posted in Science on 18th Aug, 2016
by Alex Muller

The 2020 Mars Rover already deep into development. It'll be targeting rocks with the best chance of revealing ancient Martian life.

Super-resolution 3D microscopy images cells in unprecedented detail

Posted in Science on 17th Aug, 2016
by Alex Muller

An advance that could reveal biological phenomena never before seen and bring new medical insights.

Earth-like planets around proxima centauri discovered- could support life?

Posted in Science on 15th Aug, 2016
by Alex Muller

4000+ exoplanet candidates have been discovered by the Kepler mission. Proxima is the nearest star to the sun.

Economist magazine looks at possibility of imminent life extension successes

Posted in Medicine on 12th Aug, 2016
by Alex Muller

Diseases compete to kill people with age. Increasing longevity beyond 95 would require a new approach.