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Whoops: There’s No New Lifeform In Lake Vostok After All
That heretofore unknown variety of life found deep below the frozen surface of Lake Vostok in Antarctica? Yeah...about that...
Bacteria In Earth’s Atmosphere May Affect Cloud Formation And Climate
Weather can transport microbes long distances, and they can promote the formation of ice and cloud droplets.
Scottish Scientists Are Trying to Create Inorganic Life
Scientists at Glasgow University are on a mission to create a form of life from inorganic molecules. The team, led...
The First Squid in Space: Will Its Bacteria Turn On Its Host Once Away From Earth?
We’ve already bid our fond farewell to the space shuttle Endeavour, but as it blasted into the great blue yonder...
NASA’s Tasty-Sounding O/OREOS Mission Launches Today to Study Life’s Origins In Outer Space
A nanosatellite no bigger than a loaf of bread — and named after cookies — is set to launch today...
Seafloor Drilling Expedition Finds Deepest Life Yet Discovered
The “life is persistent” argument is often used to bolster the idea that life exists elsewhere in the universe. While...
Genetically Engineered Cells Will Sweat Ethanol and Diesel Fuel in Texas Pilot Plant
The tiny single-cell plants eat, reproduce, and then sweat fuel
The Undersea Hunt for Intraterrestrial Life
"IT" organisms may make up more than half of life on Earth
A Material Based on Sharkskin Stops Bacterial Breakouts
A whale’s skin is easily glommed up with barnacles, algae, bacteria and other sea creatures, but sharks stay squeaky-clean. Although...
They Came from Underseas!
A massive amount of our planet's vegetation is a single species of bacteria-like organisms, new research uncovers
