It’s a paradox: life needs water to survive, but a world full of water cannot generate the biomolecules that would have been essential at the beginning of life. Or so the researchers…
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A map of the Octopus visual system reveals its own solution in plain sight
A valiant effort to map the optic lobe of the octopus brain, cell by cell, revealed a visual system with remarkable similarities and differences to ours. The parallels are particularly interesting because…
‘Made in Europe’ solution could save beleaguered ExoMars rover mission
Artistic conception of the ExoMars rover on Mars.Image: ESA The ExoMars rover could have a second chance to go to Mars. The European Space Agency (ESA) wants to swap a Russian-built entry…