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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

Vast oceans within the moons of Jupiter and Saturn could be hidden hotspots for life. NASA astrobiologist Kevin Hand reveals his plans to find it

Features

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

News

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

Video

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

Video

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?

Culture

nickel sulphide

Life

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

News

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

Features

The extraordinary deep-sea lifeforms that feast on sunken carcasses

Life

The extraordinary deep-sea lifeforms that feast on sunken carcasses

Features

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.

Definition

Viruses

A demon from Doom

Technology

Doom Eternal review: A welcome adrenaline-inducing distraction

Doom Eternal does contain gratuitous violence, but the evidence suggests violence in video games doesn't affect people's behaviour in the real world, says Jacob Aron

Culture

Space

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

News

Space

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

News

Life

First self-replicating molecules may have had just two ingredients

News

Humans

Uploading your brain will leave you exposed to software glitches

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