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Kepler's Search for "Alien Earths" Covered by CNN
Evolution of the Modern Nitrogen Cycle
A Natural Iron Fertilization Mechanism from the Deep Sea
Life in Extreme Environments Educator Conference
The Science of NAI - Overview Presentations Available as Podcasts
Oldest Evidence for Animals in the Fossil Record
Great Oxidation Event Got Earlier Start
Biosignatures in Ancient Rocks Workshop Proceedings Now Available
Martian Methane Reveals the Red Planet is not a Dead Planet
A Banner Year for Astrobiology in Discover Magazine's Top 100 Stories of 2008
Astrobiology Summer Science Experience for Teachers (ASSET)
Summer Workshops for Teachers in Astrobiology
Life in Extreme Environments Educator Conference
NAI Scientist Elected AAAS Fellow
Follow the Elements
Elements and Evolution
Extreme Science on Earth's Highest Lakes
Jill Tarter Receives TED Prize
Carbon Dioxide Discovered on Extrasolar Planet
New NAI Team at RPI Launches New York Center for Astrobiology
NASA's Astrobiology Origins
Astrobiology Curriculum Pilot Kicks-Off Maine STEM Initiative
Search for Life Seminar
Origin of Life Seminar
Extreme Life Seminar
Evidence for a New Root of the Tree of Life
NAI Director's Seminar: Jack Szostak, "What can we Learn About the Origin of Life from Efforts to Design an Artificial Cell?"
Comet Dust Reveals Unexpected Mixing of Solar System Material
Miller-Urey Revisited
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2008 High Lakes Project: From Early Mars to Today’s Earth
Life Without the Sun
Mirror-Image Clues to Life's Origins
NASA Selects New Science Teams for Astrobiology Institute
"Little Bang" triggered Solar System formation
XV International Conference on the Origin of Life – a Personal Perspective
New 2008 NASA Astrobiology Roadmap Available
NAI Director's Seminar: Norm Sleep, "Habitability of Superearths"
NAI Launches FAR Seminar Series on October 6th
Habitability Seminar
Analogue Research and Instrumentation Seminar
Prebiotic Chemistry Seminar
The Lewis and Clark Fund for Exploration and Field Research in Astrobiology
The Lewis and Clark Fund for Exploration and Field Research in Astrobiology
Early Earth Primed for Later RNA and DNA Production
Molecules in the Atmospheres of Extrasolar Planets - A Workshop in Paris
Cyanobacterial Biomarkers in Ancient Rocks
Evolution of the Gut
Jill Tarter and Will Wright Talk Gaming, Education, and Evolution in Seed Magazine's Video 'Salon'
NASA's Carl Sagan Fellows to Study Extraterrestrial Worlds
Iron Isotope Record Reflects Microbial Metabolism Through Time
Silicate Mineralogy on Mars Indicates Wet Past
Jack Hills Zircons: New Information About Earth's Earliest Crust
Marine Subsurface is a Distinct Microbial Habitat
Washington Post Covers Astrobiology
New Extrasolar Planetary System May Be Much Like Our Own
Moon Samples Found to Contain Water
NAI Announces 2008 Director's Discretionary Fund Awards
NAI Scientist Receives Guggenheim Fellowship
Extraterrestrial Nucleobases in the Murchison Meteorite
NAI Twitters and Tweets
NAI Ames Team Scientists Receive Honors
Astrobiologist Discusses Her Highly Cited Work in Astrochemistry
Seafloor Microbes Abundant and Thriving....An Alternative Cradle for Life?
Erosion on Earth and Mars: Mere Seepage or Megaflood?
Enzyme's Active Site Revealed
NAI Member Receives Sagan Medal
Wandering Poles on Europa
Chris Impey receives ASP Richard H. Emmons Award
Jim Kasting elected Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and of the Geochemical Society
Organic Haze, Glaciations and Multiple Sulfur Isotopes in the Mid-Archean Era
NAI Student Poster Competition at AbSciCon 2008
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