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

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

Extraterrestrial oceans are an obvious place to search for alien life, but getting there and having a look won't be easy, says NASA's Kevin Hand in his book Alien Oceans

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

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The extraordinary deep-sea lifeforms that feast on sunken carcasses

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The extraordinary deep-sea lifeforms that feast on sunken carcasses

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

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

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Newly discovered species found deep in the ocean contains microplastic

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Newly discovered species found deep in the ocean contains microplastic

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

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A demon from Doom

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Doom Eternal review: A welcome adrenaline-inducing distraction

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

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

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

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

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Abiogenesis

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First self-replicating molecules may have had just two ingredients

A mixture of two carbon-based chemicals can spontaneously form molecules that can copy themselves, hinting at how life may have begun on Earth

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Uploading your brain will leave you exposed to software glitches

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

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AI genome scanner says Denisovans could live until 38 years old

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Exploring the deep ocean and the surprising creatures that live there

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