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Should SpaceX be allowed to contaminate Mars with Earth microbes?

The rise of the private space industry may mean allowing Earth microbes to escape to other worlds, but is it worth the risk?

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mammoth skeleton in museum

Life

Extinction is a fact of life. Could we stop it – or even reverse it?

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Inflatible green Aliens standing in line

Life

Alien life could be weirder than our Earthling brains can ever imagine

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Life

Predators may make prey get smart and grow more brain cells

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Avi Loeb

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When will we hear from aliens? We may already have done so

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Liz Bonnin at 91av Live

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The problem with plastic - and how science can solve it

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How to solve our plastic waste problem

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How to solve our plastic waste problem

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Javier Martin-Torres

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Life on Mars: Could we build a home on the Red Planet?

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Javier Martin-Torres

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Life on Mars: Could we build a home on the Red Planet?

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Fighting plastic pollution in British waters: How to make a difference

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Fighting plastic pollution in British waters: How to make a difference

Pollution specialist Alex McGoran on how problems associated with plastic and microplastics are affecting aquatic ecosystems close to home, plus what we can do to help.

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Join a virtual 6000km trek across the deep ocean

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Sea sums: How we're keeping whales safe using maths

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Life

Why the hunt for alien life is under way far beneath Earth's surface

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Life

Life may have begun with simple genes made out of urine

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