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Glowing organisms

Space

We could find alien life on exoplanets by looking for its glow

Most of the closest exoplanets we’ve found orbit stars that can release flares of dangerous UV light, but those very flares might force life to evolve to glow

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Lee Cronin

Chemistry

Chemist Lee Cronin is building an alien to work out why life exists

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The team inspects the tree

Environment

Tree stumps that should be dead can be kept alive by nearby trees

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jelly-like substance

Life

Early life on Earth may have existed as miniature droplets of jelly

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Internet joke plan to 'raid' Area 51 gets stern reply from US military

Space

Internet joke plan to 'raid' Area 51 gets stern reply from US military

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James Lovelock standing near the sea at Chesil Beach

Humans

James Lovelock says artificial intelligence is the start of new life

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Life on Mars

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Life on Mars

Why do we have sex?

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Why do we have sex?

alien planet with three suns

Space

Planet in triple-star system may be our best chance to find alien life

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Technology

Working hypothesis: from Raspberry Pi to abolishing time

Our regular column sorting the week's supernovae from the absolute zeros

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Space

Unique chance to confirm methane spikes – and perhaps life – on Mars

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How did life begin?

Blue Planet II’s Steve Simpson explores the sounds of the ocean

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Environment

How climate change is hitting crab hunting in the mangroves of Brazil

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