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Environment

Warm water seeping under Antarctic ice sheets may accelerate melting

As ice melts beneath Antarctica, warm ocean water can intrude further inland and set off more melting, in what researchers say is an unrecognised tipping point

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Life

Why herbs evolved to smell and taste so delicious

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Johnson's abyssal seadevil (Melanocetus johnsonii) portrait, cleared and stained by scientists, showing cartilage in blue and bones in red. Clearly visible in this picture are the pharyngeal jaws, which are like small forks that work like a second set of jaws that can pull prey items further into its mouth. The gill arches and gill rakers are also on full display. RV Sonne, Cruise SO285, South Atlantic, Benguela upwelling region off the coast of South Africa and Namibia. Captive..

Life

Striking image lets you see inside a deep-sea anglerfish's killer jaws

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Life

Don't forget birds and bats when renovating or building new homes

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Life

Quantum biology: New clues on how life might make use of weird physics

Features

2CA2RF4 meadow with a lot of colorful flowers

Environment

To rescue biodiversity, we need a better way to measure it

Features

Space

Dozens of stars show signs of hosting advanced alien civilisations

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Illustration of life forms on a hypothetical planet with a slightly lower mass than the Earth. It has shallow seas and extreme tides due to its large moon (thin crescent at left). The vegetation is translucent which allows the light to shine through, so it seems to be glowing, due to it being backlit in this image.

Comment

The hunt for alien planets and extraterrestrial life

Culture

Eruption of Strokkur Geysir in Iceland

Life

Protocells on early Earth may have been formed by squeezing geysers

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Space

Planets that look alike might be a sign of spacefaring aliens

We don’t know what alien life might look like, but if other civilisations can colonise multiple worlds, we might see planets that look unusually similar

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Life

Life’s vital chemistry may have begun in hot, cracked rock

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Space

Europa’s seafloor may be impenetrable and inhospitable to life

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Environment

Engineers are diverting Mississippi river to restore Louisiana’s coast

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Environment

US coastal cities face higher 2050 flood risk because they are sinking

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