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Fogel mined information from isotopes to explore modern and ancient ecosystems, climatic changes, and evolution.

origins of life

Microbial Fossils Found in 3.4-Billion-Year-Old Subseafloor Rock

Contributors

RNA-DNA Chimeras Might Have Supported the Origin of Life on Earth

Opinion: Constrain Speculation to Protect the Integrity of Science

EPA’s Scott Pruitt Doesn’t Buy Evolution

Building Blocks of Life May Have Formed in Water Droplets

In Canada, Signs of Life Nearly 4 Billion Years Old

Asgard Archaea Hint at Eukaryotic Origins

Further Evidence that Life Might Have Started with RNA

Accomplished Biophysicist Dies

Life Before 4 Billion Years Ago?

Early Code

The Living Set

On the Origins of Life

Early Evidence

Matthew Powner: Origin Solver

Is Earth Special?

Discovering Archaea, 1977

Speaking of Science

RNA World 2.0

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Biomedical Informatician Atul Butte Dies at 55

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A Gut Pathogen’s Unexpected Weapon Against Amyloid Diseases

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Universe 25 Experiment

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Maternal Iron Deficiency Can Trigger Sex Reversal in Mouse Embryos

Multimedia

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Taking Control of Cellular Contamination with PCR Testing

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Electronic Records in Cell Culture Management

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June 2025, Issue 1

Nergal Networks: Where Friendship Meets Infection

A citizen science game explores how social choices and networks can influence how an illness moves through a population.

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Maximizing Lentivirus Recovery

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Unraveling Complex Biology with Advanced Multiomics Technology

Unraveling Complex Biology with Five-Dimensional Multiomics

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Resurrecting Plant Defense Mechanisms to Avoid Crop Pathogens

Resurrecting Plant Defense Mechanisms to Avoid Crop Pathogens

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Seeing and Sorting with Confidence

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Agilent Unveils the Next Generation in LC-Mass Detection: The InfinityLab Pro iQ Series

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Agilent Announces the Enhanced 8850 Gas Chromatograph

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Pioneering Cancer Plasticity Atlas will help Predict Response to Cancer Therapies