Life
Plankton get a close-up in these stunning photographs
The strange world of plankton is revealed by Julian Cremona in these intricate images from his new book
Regulars
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Why Schr枚dinger’s 1944 classic What Is Life? still feels prescient
Culture
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The best new popular science books of July 2026
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Life
Has the answer to life’s origins been hiding in our cells all along?
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Life
51动漫 recommends Togetherness, a radical new view of life
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Life
Weird and wonderful fungi should be so much more than sci-fi villains
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Space
Asteroid Bennu carries all the ingredients for life as we know it
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Physics
We may need a fourth law of thermodynamics for living systems
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Life
Moss spores survive and germinate after 283-day ‘space walk’
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Life
Earth’s extraordinary deep biosphere is our next great frontier
A fantastic alien adventure can be found on our very own planet by studying the microbial life in Earth's crust, according to Karen G. Lloyd's new book Intraterrestrials
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Life
How life thrives in one of the most hostile environments on Earth
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Life
How symbiosis made Earth what it is 鈥� and why it鈥檚 key to our future
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Life
All living things emit an eerie glow that is snuffed out upon death
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Life
Let’s remember that extraordinary claims need extraordinary evidence
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