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The layers on this 2.7 billion-year-old rock, a stromatolite from Western Australia, show evidence of single-celled, photosynthetic life on the shore of a large lake. The new result suggests that this microbial life thrived despite a thin atmosphere.
Earth’s ancient atmosphere was half as thick as it is todayJune 7, 2016
Mahoney Lake in British Columbia.
Below the Chemocline in a Meromictic LakeJune 2, 2016
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Early Career Seminar: Chemical Gardens, Chimneys, and Fuel Cells: Simulating Prebiotic Chemistry in Hydrothermal Vents on Ocean WorldsMay 31, 2016
An image of Lactobacillus, which is often used in probiotics.
Evolution Influenced By Temporary MicrobesMay 30, 2016
Lead author, Changyi Zhang, collecting samples in September 2014 at a hot spring in Yellowstone National Park.
Genetic Studies of a Hyperthermophilic ArchaeonMay 26, 2016
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Big BangsMay 25, 2016
An emergent self-organizing map (ESOM) calculated using tetranucleotide frequencies of contigs in the metagenome.
New Insight into Microbial Communities in Anoxic SedimentsMay 24, 2016
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Comet with Stunted Tail Hints at How Solar System FormedMay 23, 2016
Fundamental work on RNA is intended to help assist with probing life’s origins.
Molecular ‘Midwives’ Helped Give Birth to RNAMay 20, 2016
The fish Rhacolepis imaged by synchrotron tomography showing the heart (left) and a cross-section through the heart showing valves (right, white arrows).
Discovery of a Fossilised Fish HeartMay 19, 2016
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Workforce Trends in Geosciences InfographicMay 18, 2016
Schematic of a bipartite semantic network constructed through translation (first layer to second layer) and back-translation (second layer to third layer) for MOON and SUN in two American languages: Coast Tsimshian (red) and Lakhota (blue).
The Universal Structure of Human Lexical SemanticsMay 16, 2016
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