Hydrothermal vents are thought to hold the key to the origin of life. A recent study published in Nature Ecology & Evolution shows that the conditions found in modern-day hydrothermal vents not only allow the formation of simple membranes but actively promote it.
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New Dehli Smog: Nature’s New Gas Chamber
New reports show that the eye-burning air pollution is so terrible in New Delhi, that 30 flights had to be diverted. The damage of hazardous smog to lungs is estimated to be similar to smoking somewhere between 33 to 50 cigarettes a day.
Voyager 2 Has Left the Build… Our Solar System, And Is Never Coming Back
On November 5, 2018, Voyager 2 became the second human-made object to cross the barrier from our solar system into interstellar space to gather data from the great beyond.
150-Million-Years Old Giant Pliosaur Suggests Poland Was a Tropical Archipelago Back in the Jurassic Day
When we think about ancient sea monsters, we think about the megalodon or even Nessie. However, the new Pliosaur fossil found in a cornfield in Poland suggest it was the largest apex marine predator of its Jurassic times. And that Poland was a tropical archipelago back in the day.
Ants Don’t Just Go with the Flow. They Organize it!
Science found that ants’ traffic control is still magnitudes better than ours. Wondering how is this possible? Read all about the experiment on ants, steady flows, and traffic control!
Eureka! Creative Scientists Need Coffee Breaks
Experts insist that creative scientists and scientists, in general, need as many coffee-breaks as possible to allow their minds to find solutions to problems. It is not the coffee per se, however, as it is about the environment, the company they keep, and the way our brains work.





