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Life's other mystery: Why biology's building blocks are so lop-sided

Life

Life's other mystery: Why biology's building blocks are so lop-sided

Most molecules exist in mirror-image forms, and yet life prefers one over the other. How this bias began and why it persisted is one of the most baffling questions in biology – but now we have an answer

Features

Why do so many people become obsessed with UFOs and aliens?

Humans

Why do so many people become obsessed with UFOs and aliens?

Culture

Newly discovered species found deep in the ocean contains microplastic

Life

Newly discovered species found deep in the ocean contains microplastic

Regulars

The coronavirus owes its name to the crown-like projections that encircle the capsid.

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Viruses

A demon from Doom

Technology

Doom Eternal review: A welcome adrenaline-inducing distraction

Culture

Mars may once have had right conditions for RNA to develop into life

Space

Mars may once have had right conditions for RNA to develop into life

News

Solar flares and cosmic rays may make Proxima b warm enough for life

Space

Solar flares and cosmic rays may make Proxima b warm enough for life

News

Abiogenesis

Life

First self-replicating molecules may have had just two ingredients

News

Uploading your brain will leave you exposed to software glitches

Humans

Uploading your brain will leave you exposed to software glitches

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Jill Tarter

Space

Jill Tarter: The hunt for alien life is only just beginning

We may not have found alien life yet, but new methods and the discovery of exoplanets and extreme life on Earth is revolutionising the hunt, says the doyenne of SETI research

Regulars

Life

Octopuses were thought to be solitary until a social species turned up

Features

Life

AI genome scanner says Denisovans could live until 38 years old

News

Video

Exploring the deep ocean and the surprising creatures that live there

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Video

The search for aliens: Is anybody out there?

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