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Oxygen metabolism in descendants of the archaeal-eukaryotic ancestor - Nature
Sequencing of marine sediments finds 136 newly identified Heimdallarchaeia and several novel lineages, and indicates that Heimdallarchaeia evolved distinct metabolic capabilities from other Asgardarchaeota, in conditions that may have given rise to early…
A New Moon Race Starts This Year—and This Time It’s All About the Water - Gizmodo
The U.S. and China are each planning to land in the Moon’s Shackleton crater this year. Whoever gets there first will secure the best access to its resources.
Agouti integrates environmental cues to regulate paternal behaviour - Nature
Expression of agouti signalling protein in neurons in the medial preoptic area is increased by group housing and negatively associated with care, and overexpression of Agouti reduces care and enhances infanticide in previously tolerant mice.
A super stable laser on the moon could guide future lunar missions and improve our timekeeping - Phys.org
Scientists are proposing to build a laser in a crater on the moon to help future lunar missions land safely in the dark and find their way around. This ultra-stable light source could also help us keep time more accurately, as they explain in a paper availabl…
Mutant organisms called 'space phages' could solve the global antibiotic crisis - Earth.com
On the ISS, viruses can still infect bacteria, but the process slows and pushes both organisms to evolve along different paths
The fuel set to propel NASA’s moon crew is notorious for leaking. So why use it? - CNN
NASA’s first crewed moon mission in decades was delayed as its engineers grapple with an all-too-familiar rocket problem: hydrogen leaks. Fixing the issue is even trickier than it may seem.