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Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Moss Helps Chart the Conquest of Land by Plants

Clues to how the first land plants managed to avoid drying out might be provided by bryophytes, a group that includes the mosses, many of which retain remarkable ...  > full story

Carbonate Veins Reveal Chemistry of Ancient Seawater

The chemical composition of our oceans is not constant but has varied significantly over geological time. In a new study, researchers describe a novel method for ...  > full story

Did Bacteria Develop Into More Complex Cells Much Earlier in Evolution Than Thought?

Biochemists have described the process by which bacteria developed into more complex cells and found this crucial step happened much ...  > full story

New Research Rejects 80-Year Theory of 'Primordial Soup' as the Origin of Life

For 80 years it has been accepted that early life began in a "primordial soup" of organic molecules before evolving out of the oceans ...  > full story
 

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