Marine archaea make oxygen in the dark using nitrite
Meet Nitrosopumilus maritimus, which is capable of a never-before-seen oxygen synthesis method
Scientists recreated ancient Earth's ocean hell to figure out how life began
The experiment also suggests that extraterrestrial life could also emerge on Mars, Europa, and Enceladus
The amphipod Eurythenes plasticus
Johanna Weston, Alan Jameson - Newcastle University, WWF Germany, via Wikipedia
Scientists name new species after its belly full of plastic
Plastic pollution reaches new depths – and new guts
Scientists recreated a key step for the origin of life at hydrothermal vents
Simulating alkaline environments from 3 billion years ago showed formation of precursor cells is possible
Meet Katsuko Saruhashi, a resilient geochemist who detected nuclear fallout in the Pacific
Her deep belief that science and society were linked left a lasting impact
Floating detritus is giving new insights into deep-sea corals
Environmental DNA is a less invasive way to solve long-submerged mysteries
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Want to know where hard-to-find squid live? Ask their predators
Look, sometimes you need to "offload water" from a giant albatross...for science