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Researchers may have solved origin-of-life conundrum
Posted in Featured, Science on 19th Mar, 2015
by Alex Muller
The crash of meteors on early Earth likely generated hydrogen cyanide, which could have kick-started the production of molecules needed to make the first cells.
NASA finds evidence of a vast ancient ocean on Mars
Posted in Science on 6th Mar, 2015
by Alex Muller
A huge primitive ocean once covered one-fifth of the red planets surface, making it warm, wet and ideal for alien life to gain a foothold, scientists say.
The Search for Life on Mars Could Be Dooming Itself by Accident
Posted in Science on 22nd Feb, 2015
by Alex Muller
When Curiosity goes looking for organic molecules, it vaporises rock and sniffs the gas that comes out. The plan could be going awry due to a mineral called jarosite.
Could dark matter cause some mass extinctions?
Posted in Science on 21st Feb, 2015
by Alex Muller
In Earths path through our Galaxy, dark matter may perturb comets and lead to heating in the Earths core, both of which could be connected with mass extinctions.
Ancient rocks show life could have flourished on Earth 3.2 billion years ago
Posted in Science on 17th Feb, 2015
by Alex Muller
A spark from a lightning bolt, interstellar dust, or a subsea volcano could have triggered the very first life on Earth. But what happened next?