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Marine Methane Oxidation Without Sulfur
Nickel: The New Biomarker
Increasing the Lifespan of Life on Earth
A New Way to Keep Clean
Microbial Habitability During the Late Heavy Bombardment
Life at Blood Falls
Evidence for the Great Oxidation Event Challenged
Hydrogenase Active Sites and the Origin of Life
Fragments of Asteroid Impact are Collected and Analyzed
New Evidence for an Earlier Origin of Oxygenic Photosynthesis
A Clue to the Molecular "Handedness" of Life on Earth
Evolution of the Modern Nitrogen Cycle
Cycling Nitrogen
A Natural Iron Fertilization Mechanism from the Deep Sea
The Science of NAI - Overview Presentations Available as Podcasts
Oldest Evidence for Animals in the Fossil Record
Great Oxidation Event Got Earlier Start
Martian Methane Reveals the Red Planet is not a Dead Planet
MRO Reveals Details of a Wetter Mars
Miller-Urey Revisited
Life Without the Sun
Mirror-Image Clues to Life's Origins
Early Earth Primed for Later RNA and DNA Production
Cyanobacterial Biomarkers in Ancient Rocks
Evolution of the Gut
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
New Extrasolar Planetary System May Be Much Like Our Own
Moon Samples Found to Contain Water
Phoenix Scrapes 'Almost Perfect' Icy Soil For Analysis
Extraterrestrial Nucleobases in the Murchison Meteorite
Bright Chunks At Phoenix Lander's Mars Site Must Have Been Ice
Seafloor Microbes Abundant and Thriving....An Alternative Cradle for Life?
Erosion on Earth and Mars: Mere Seepage or Megaflood?
Enzyme's Active Site Revealed
Wandering Poles on Europa
Organic Haze, Glaciations and Multiple Sulfur Isotopes in the Mid-Archean Era
New Round of Exo-Evo Grants Awarded
Molybdenum and the Rise of Complex Life
Methane and Water Vapor Observed in Atmosphere of Exoplanet
Signs of Ocean Beneath Titan's Crust?
New Mineral Points the Way for Search for Life on Mars
Meteorites a Rich Source for Primordial Soup
Detecting Water on Extrasolar Planet Surfaces
Rethinking Early Earth Phosphorus Geochemistry
Binary Stars in the Orion Nebula
A Geobiological Perspective on the Emergence of Animal Life
Novel Proteobacteria in Microbial Mats at Loihi Seamount
Discovering Earth-like Exoplanets
Oxygen in Earth's Early Atmosphere
Microbial Population Structures in the Deep Marine Biosphere
Oxygen in Earth's Atmosphere Before Great Oxidation Event
Martian Ice Ages
Subaerial Volcanoes Shift Oxygen Levels on Early Earth
Water Vapor Observed in Young Star System
New Enzymes in the Laboratory
Discovering a New Life Form in the Hot Springs of Yellowstone
Water Vapor Detected on Extrasolar Planet
Chemical Complexity in an Old Star
Methane in the Martian Atmosphere
Evidence for Ancient Ocean on Mars
Extracellular Protein-Metal Aggregates: A New Biosignature?
New World Frogs
Microbial Populations in Antarctic Permafrost
Ancient Organism Verified as Fungus
Exoplanets and M Stars
Final Assembly of Earth-Like Planets
Plants on Other Planets May Not be Green
Habitability of Planets Around M Dwarf Stars
PAH's Responsible for "Red Glow"
A New Model for the Early Ocean
Salinity of Europa's Ocean
Spectra of Two Extrasolar Planets
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