Scientists want to build a giant ‘bio-vault’ on the moon. here’s why…

Two contrasting visions of humanity’s future in space

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Where did life on Earth begin? That sounds like a relatively straightforward question. Surely life on Earth began… well, on Earth, right? We know this planet had the right conditions for life to arise

Mass extinctions and evolutionary leaps, from bacteria to Homo sapiens

Some people think that the seas hold the key to protecting the planet.

Well, not quite – but it’s true that about 80 per cent of our ocean floor remains unexplored and uncharted. Discovering what our ocean depths look like and what life might be found there is just as ch