life Archive
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Evidence for life on Earth 300 million years earlier than previously thought
Posted on November 9, 2015 | No CommentsEvidence for life on Earth 4.1 billion years ago has been found in a speck of graphite within a zircon mineral from Western Australia. This […] -
The Hidden Depths of the Ocean
Posted on September 26, 2015 | 9 CommentsThe oceans flow over nearly three-quarters of our planet and hold 97% of its water. However, many of us are unaware of what exactly is beneath the […] -
Dog-Eat-Dog World: The Earliest Lifeforms May Have Been Eaten to Extinction
Posted on May 4, 2015 | No Comments542 million years ago, nearly all modern animal phyla burst on the scene in an explosive radiation that has come to be known as the […] -
Acid Attack: the Marine Meltdown
Posted on April 18, 2015 | No CommentsCoral Collapse: Could our world’s most wondrous marine environments be about to melt away? We have all heard about the dangers […] -
Hydrothermal Activity in the Oceans of Enceladus
Posted on March 26, 2015 | No CommentsA recent study published in Nature indicates that Saturn’s sixth largest moon, Enceladus, may have ongoing oceanic hydrothermal activity, prompting an interest in whether it […] -
Oceans of Life
Posted on November 23, 2014 | No CommentsWellspring of Life: Hydrothermal vents power biology far beneath the waves When we think of the Earth and its life-forms, we tend to think of […] -
The Purpose of Life
Posted on November 16, 2014 | No CommentsA Green Earth: Life seeks to survive, by whatever means it can (picture credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Centre) Does evolution have a purpose? To […]