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A newly identified sponge group called Vilesida is giving scientists a clearer view of animal origins, linking sponges with ...

A new study led by UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the Salk Institute for Biological Studies reveals ...

Scientists found the first natural proof that underwater volcanoes make ammonia without biology, a reaction that may have ...

Researchers recreated conditions from billions of years ago and found that Earth’s young atmosphere could make key molecules ...

The University of Toronto has established the Hinton Chair in Artificial Intelligence with $10 million in funding from Google ...

University of Alberta geochemists have discovered a missing piece to one of the great mysteries of science—the origin of life ...

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