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NASA scientists have discovered a new planet orbiting around a nearby star that is in a habitable zone. But does this planet have liquid oceans that can support life?
Microbes have the ability to survive in extremely hot and cold conditions. This makes them invaluable tools for research: they can teach us how life has evolved and how we survive.
Imagine a lake so salty its water exists in a liquid state at -20 °C – then picture something thriving in that seemingly lethal environment. Such an organism exists; several of them, in fact. In a paper…
Over the past 20 years, research has revealed large populations of creatures living many miles below the Earth’s surface. Now, a new study published in the journal Nature Scientific Reports conducted by…
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Professor of Geology and Petroleum Geology, University of Aberdeen
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Professor of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, UNSW Sydney
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Director, Genomics Research Institute; Director, Centre for Microbial Ecology and Genomics, University of Pretoria
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Research Scientist of Planetary Studies, NASA
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PhD Researcher in Earth and Environmental Science, Cardiff University
