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Astronomers have long known where water is first formed in the universe and how it ends up on planets, asteroids and comets. A recent discovery has finally answered what happens in between.
It seems we are pretty lucky to have gravity that is just right for life.
In 2021, searchers recovered a meteorite that fell over the UK just hours earlier. Scientists have now reconstructed its story.
As material objects, diaries give scholars an intimate look into their subjects’ lives, including handwriting and mementos. What if diaries in the future are nothing but insubstantial digital ghosts?
A new study shows indecisive people should go easier on themselves.
Some people seeking to influence public opinion about abortion rights claim the science is clear. It’s not, and that means abortion remains a political question – not a biological one.
Lightning strikes may have helped spark life on Earth, and may be continuing to help life start on other Earth-like planets.
NASA’s Mars 2020 mission has arrived and landed the Perseverance Rover on the red planet. The rover’s goal is to collect rock and soil samples to be brought back to Earth in the future.
News that Venus may harbor life has swept the globe. So how do we find out for sure? A planetary scientist explains what’s next.
The clouds of Venus may harbour alien life. But where else?
We don’t fully understand viruses, and we’re still trying to understand life.
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?
Somewhere out there, just maybe, an alien – probably stranger looking than in our wildest imagination – might be pondering this very question.
If you go by editorial cartoons and T-shirts, you might have the impression that evolution proceeds as an orderly march toward a preordained finish line. But that’s not right at all.
Modern animals took over our planet much more quickly than previously thought. This has both welcome and disturbing implications for the future of life on our rapidly changing planet
Newly found fossils point to a link between a rise in atmospheric oxygen and the first emergence of complex life on Earth.
Life could exist in another solar system in a different part our galaxy. Or in another galaxy far away. We don’t have the perfect technology yet to study such far away places but we’re still trying.
There is an urgent need to reconsider the importance of diversity. It is not a simple wealth. It is both a property of the living and an essential condition for its survival.
What a group of ancient Roman philosophers can teach you about how to live in the 21st century.
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Professor of Physics, School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University
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Senior Research Scientist, South Australian Museum; Flinders University
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Podcast host, The Conversation
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Senior lecturer, School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, University of Bristol
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Professor of Planetary Geosciences, The Open University
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Dean of Science, University of California, Santa Cruz
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Professor in Robotics, Queensland University of Technology
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Research Scientist of Planetary Studies, NASA
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Reader in Philosophy, Royal Holloway, University of London
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Professor (Astrophysics), University of Southern Queensland
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Astronomer | Education & Outreach Officer, Queen's University, Ontario
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Senior Lecturer, Griffith University
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Lecturer in Computer Science, Keele University
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Professor in Geophysics and Remote Sensing, Queensland University of Technology
