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Arctic explorers find unusually thin ice as a result of climate change

The biggest ever science expedition to the Arctic found sea ice that was so unusually thin that it could threaten future efforts to study the effects of climate change in the region

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This week’s new questions

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This week’s new questions

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Why icy moons like Europa are our best bet for finding alien life

Life

Why icy moons like Europa are our best bet for finding alien life

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First life on Earth may actually have been built from both RNA and DNA

Life

First life on Earth may actually have been built from both RNA and DNA

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What is life and how did it evolve? We're getting closer to the answer

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What is life and how did it evolve? We're getting closer to the answer

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We know the best spots to look for alien life – can we get to them?

Space

We know the best spots to look for alien life – can we get to them?

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nickel sulphide

Life

Earth's first life may have fuelled itself with a metal metabolism

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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

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The extraordinary deep-sea lifeforms that feast on sunken carcasses

Life

The extraordinary deep-sea lifeforms that feast on sunken carcasses

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Newly discovered species found deep in the ocean contains microplastic

Life

Newly discovered species found deep in the ocean contains microplastic

A shrimp-like creature found 6 kilometres down in the Pacific Ocean’s deepest trench has been named Eurythenes plasticus after the microplastics found in its gut

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Technology

Doom Eternal review: A welcome adrenaline-inducing distraction

Culture

Space

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

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Space

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

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