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Life

Why the origins of life remain a mystery – and how we will crack it

To explain how life on Earth began, the big challenge is to identify the molecules and processes that enable non-living chemical systems to become more complex

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Environment

Antarctic ice melt may be reversible due to rising land beneath

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Long spined sea urchins underwater on seabed of the Caribbean sea

Life

Surprising culprit found that killed 95% of a sea urchin population

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Giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) grows in a thick, underwater forest near the Channel Islands in California. This area is part of a National Park and is teeming with thousands of marine species.

Life

Kelp forests capture nearly 5 million tonnes of CO2 annually

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Space

What are the prospects for life on the icy moons Europa and Enceladus?

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Mysterious deep-sea holes may be burrows of tiny shrimp-like creatures

Life

Mysterious deep-sea holes may be burrows of tiny shrimp-like creatures

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The slime mould Dictyostelium discoideum is used to study the origins of multicellularity

Life

How did multicellular life evolve? Algae and yeast give some hints

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Earth

Oxygen on early Earth may have come from quartz crushed by earthquakes

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Stephen Hawking with Thomas Hertog, in Hawking's office

Physics

Stephen Hawking's final theorem turns time and causality inside out

Features

RPS Woman Science Photographer of the Year a small group of atmospheric scientists move a fluxsled to the ice, this was the first instrument deployed on the new MOSAiC floe. ?Leap of Science? by Lianna Nixon (USA)

Humans

See the top shots in the Woman Science Photographer of the Year award

From bioluminescent marine algae to soap bubbles, these stunning images are some of the winners and finalists for the inaugural RPS Woman Science Photographer of the Year competition

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Life

High-tech research ship ready to seek new life at hydrothermal vents

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Humans

Next Exit film review: New tale of the afterlife takes a wrong turn

Culture

Environment

Coastal cities have added 2500 squares kilometres of land since 2000

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Environment

Artificial urban islands could supply homes in Maldives as waters rise

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