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The free-energy principle: Can one idea explain why everything exists?
Neuroscience seems an unlikely place to find fundamental truths that could apply to everything in the universe. Brains…
Becoming Earth review: A dramatic twist to the Gaia hypothesis
Seoul’s gingko trees help absorb the carbon dioxide produced by traffic khanh nghia tran/Alamy Becoming EarthFerris Jabr (Picador…
How the First Molecules Survived Earth’s Primordial Conditions
The origins of life remain a mystery, but a team at ORIGINS in Munich has found a mechanism…
Photos of an island paradise reveal plastic threat for bird population
Lord Howe Island Neal Haddaway Poking out of the Tasman Sea between Australia and New Zealand is a…
Why taking our grief out into nature can help us heal
If you haven’t experienced a significant loss in your life, then you are one of the lucky ones.…
Nitrogen Isotopes Reveal Planetary Secrets
A USTC-led study reveals that both early and late stages of planetary evolution are key to understanding nitrogen…
Quantum biology: New clues on how life might make use of weird physics
“I’m not saying it’s all true,” says Christoph Simon, a physicist at the University of Calgary in Canada.…
To rescue biodiversity, we need a better way to measure it
Biodiversity contains several dimensions Hans-Joachim Schneider/Alamy At first blush, the idea of biodiversity seems simple enough. It is…
Scientists Solve Early Earth RNA Puzzle
A groundbreaking study reveals how life’s complexity could originate from simple RNA molecules on early Earth. Through experiments…
Unraveling Nature’s Ancient Molecular Kitchen
Research reveals that ancient heat flows could have organized prebiotic molecules into life’s building blocks, providing a natural…