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sea life

2M2WTDW Islands of floating algae. Seaweed Brown Sargassum floating on surface of the water, sun's rays breaking through the thick grass. Underwater shot

Environment

Could seaweed be the ultimate carbon capture solution?

Our Future Chronicles column explores an imagined history of inventions and developments yet to come. In our latest glimpse into the near future, Rowan Hooper tells how seaweed was a game changer when it came to getting carbon out of the atmosphere in the 2030s

Comment

The Taurus molecular cloud

Space

Complex form of carbon spotted outside solar system for first time

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The free-energy principle: Can one idea explain why everything exists?

Mind

The free-energy principle: Can one idea explain why everything exists?

Features

Illustration of asteroids with geysers

Space

Freeze-thaw cycle helps asteroids ferry molecules of life to planets

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Space

Search for alien transmissions in promising star system draws a blank

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Manta ray {Manta birostris} from below, Sulu-sulawesi seas, Indo-Pacific

Life

Richard Powers's new novel is a beautiful love letter to our oceans

Culture

Knausgaard

Society

51¶¯Âþ recommends Karl Ove Knausgaard's novel The Third Realm

Culture

Environment

Antarctica’s 'doomsday' glacier is heading for catastrophic collapse

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380363 03: William Protor polishes a model flying saucer on property near Jamul, CA, October 15, 2000, purchased by the Unarius Academy of Science to serve as a future landing site for

Space

Two new books explore how UFOs captured the world’s imagination

Culture

In JPL’s Origins and Habitability Lab, researchers use a sealed chamber to conduct experiments free of oxygen in an effort to replicate the chemistry of early Earth. Shown from left are lab co-lead Laurie Barge and researchers Jessica Weber and Laura Rodriguez.

Video

Inside NASA's lab exploring conditions for life on other worlds

The Origins and Habitability Lab at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory is a testbed exploring how geological conditions could impact life in environments such as early Earth, Mars or the icy moons of Jupiter

Video

Earth

A dramatic twist to the Gaia hypothesis

Culture

Space

Why NASA is sending a probe to Europa – and what it’s looking for

Features

Life

We now know that life began on Earth much earlier than we thought

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Life

Top astrobiologist explores the possibilities of alien life

Culture

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