Did life evolve more than once? Researchers are closing in on an answer

Has all of life on Earth evolved only once, or are different living beings cut from different cloths? 

Could invisible aliens really exist among us? An astrobiologist explains

A popular suggestion for an alternative biochemistry is one based on silicon rather than carbon

We've been wrong about the origins of life for 90 years

New research suggests the "primordial soup" theory can't explain how living cells evolved to harness energy

Haloa there!

Rare microbial predators with voracious appetite form a new branch in ‘tree of life’: Study

Learning more about these undiscovered branches of life can help shed more light on the foundations of the living world and how evolution works

Krilling stuff

Better medium than big

Scientists find a whole new world below ground

New research says that there is an entire subterranean biosphere teeming with 15-23 billion tonnes of micro-organisms

'Arms race' and evolution

Flying on the edge

Population of bar-headed geese is at risk due to loss of its natural habitat, degradation of wetlands and large-scale hunting

Optical camouflage may just be possible now

The ways of optical camouflage

Life: modern physics can’t explain it – but our new theory, which says time is fundamental, might

This is perhaps the most radical departure for physics of life from standard physics, but it may be the critical insight needed to explain what …

New AI tool may help discover extraterrestrial life, solve long-standing debates on Earth

It can tell difference between molecules that originate from life and those that come from non-living sources with 90% accuracy

Marine medicine

A messy little marine pest can protect us from cancer, claim US scientists

The environment needs painters, too

The modern onslaught: talus being pulled down. They are earthen walls surrounding plots of land, and have trees planted on them

Microbes in extreme heat and cold hold lessons about life on Earth, and beyond

Microbes have the ability to survive in extremely hot and cold conditions. This makes them invaluable tools for research: they can teach us how …

Dying on the edge

To reduce human-animal conflict, a 14-km-long wall will be built along the southern border of Corbett Tiger Reserve. But wall will cost Rs 4.5 …

Tracking Tigers

The pugmark method of counting tigers in the wild is a tedious exercise. But this method really works amidst all modern criticism and technology

Fishing in truobled water

Does India need to import exotic fish species, when the experience with them has not been particularly good? Besides, the country already boasts …

New tail design

Planted music

Tiny tots

Hyping up proteins

Immunologists in Delhi adjuvanate proteins for heightening their immune response

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