Water Formed Much Sooner After the Big Bang Than We Thought, Scientists Say—Which May Mean Life Did, Too
Primordial supernovae got the ball rolling a quick hundred million years or so after the start of the universe.
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We may have discovered how dark oxygen is being made in the deep sea
A newly discovered mechanism could explain the shock finding last year that oxygen is produced by metallic nodules on the ...
'Microlightning' in water droplets may have sparked life on Earth
Life may not have begun with a dramatic lightning strike into the ocean but from many smaller "microlightning" exchanges ...
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Tiny Bolts of Lightning Produced by Water Droplets May Have Sparked Life on Earth
Experiments show that those small electrical charges can trigger the chemical reactions necessary to form organic molecules.
Trees in art, as well as life, often follow simple mathematical rules, study finds
Scientists have studied trees depicted in various works of art and found they follow relatively simple mathematical rules also found in branching patterns in nature.
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Mesmerizing Ocean Currents From NASA Being Compared to Van Gogh Art – LOOK
A mesmerizing new visualization of ocean currents from NASA has been compared to the Starry Night painting of Van Gogh.
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A series of photos showing how a sample of blue-dyed water freezes (IMAGE)
A series of photos showing how a sample of blue-dyed water freezes, losing its blue colour, over a time period of 42 minutes. After 34 minutes, clear ice completely surrounds a still-liquid, blue ...