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5,300-year-old Ötzi mummy still “alive”? Scientists discover active microbes insideScientists have made a startling discovery about Ötzi the Iceman. Microscopic life within his ancient body is still active. These ancient b...- A fossil reanalysis just blew up everything we thought we knew about the origins of animal lifeA new fossil study from Brazil is reshaping scientific discussions about the earliest forms of life on Earth. Researchers reexamined micros...
- Why This Strange Underwater “Lost City” Has Scientists Talking About Alien LifeScientists have found a vibrant 'Lost City' deep in the Atlantic Ocean, thriving without sunlight. This discovery suggests life can exist i...
- A microscopic creature frozen for 24000 years in Siberia somehow came back to lifeAstonishingly, scientists in Siberia revived microscopic rotifers from permafrost, dormant for nearly 24,000 years. These resilient creatur...
- Why This Wooden Canoe Stayed Perfectly Hidden Underwater for CenturiesA remarkable ancient dugout canoe found in Wisconsin offers a rare glimpse into the past. Scientists explain how certain lake conditions, l...
- How Did People Preserve Food Before Modern Kitchens?Before refrigerators, people used clever methods like salting and fermentation to keep food fresh. These ancient techniques focused on cont...
- The tiny microbes behind one of the best-preserved fossils ever foundAmong some of the most spectacular fossils unearthed are those found in strange locations, and new research is now showing that the way the...
- How Food Was Stored Before Modern Kitchens Changed EverythingLong before modern refrigerators, ancient humans mastered food preservation. They used sun, salt, cold, and microbes to store food for surv...
- 5,000-year-old bacteria revived from ice can fight superbugs, but scientists see a downsideScientists have isolated a Psychrobacter SC65A.3, a bacterial strain frozen for almost 5,000 years in Romania’s Scărișoara Ice Cave. The mi...
- New findings by NASA Mars rover provide strongest hints yet of potential signs of ancient lifeNASA's Perseverance rover has discovered intriguing rocks in a Martian river channel, potentially hinting at ancient microbial life. The ro...
- 'Zombie viruses' trapped in Arctic ice could unleash deadly new pandemic. Here is what we knowThe deepest layers of permafrost could be preserving viruses that inhabited the Earth up to a million years ago. It was long before humans’...
- From 'Ravanahatha' to 'Rudraveena', ancient musical instruments to be played at G20 special dinnerThe special dinner hosted by President Draupadi Murmu for G20 leaders will feature a musical performance showcasing ancient classical instr...
- Mars could have conditions suitable for life, reveals new discoveryThis alternating pattern of wet and dry periods is believed to have created an environment conducive to the development of complex ancient ...
- How climate change could expose new epidemicsThe Covid-19 pandemic that has swept the globe and claimed over 760,000 lives so far almost certainly came from a wild bat, highlighting th...
- Oldest known fossil is 3.5 billion-year-oldNew York, Dec 19 (IANS) An analysis of ancient fossil microorganisms indicates that life on Earth evolved very early on the planet's histor...
- Oldest evidence of life on Earth found in Australia"Stromatolites are laminated structures of micro- organisms which have created layers of minerals using elements dissolved in the water in ...
- New microbes that thrive deep inside Earth discoveredScientists have discovered a group of microbes that live several kilometres under the surface of the Earth, need no light or oxygen.
- Life on Earth may have started 4.1 billion years ago"Life on Earth may have started almost instantaneously. With the right ingredients, life seems to form very quickly," added Harrison.
- Small jump in oxygen drove animal evolution on EarthIf oxygen was a driver of the early evolution of animals, only a slight bump in oxygen levels facilitated it, researchers said.
- New discoveries split algae family tree, match humans with fruit fliesThe human is not a single organism, but a super-organism, constituted of innumerable other organisms, most of which reside in the gut.
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