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Life is Thriving in the Subsurface Depths of Earth | Ars Technica

January 22, 2025

A ribonucleoprotein (a structure made of RNA and protein) within a diversity-generating retroelement (DGR). DGRs are mechanisms that allow microorganisms to edit their genes. A new study in Nature has revealed clues about how they work. Credit: Blair Paul, generated from an RNP structure in Handa et al., using Protein Data Bank Japan (PDBJ).

Uncovering Clues to a Natural Gene-Editing Technique

January 9, 2025

miners

Searching for ‘Dark Oxygen’ in One of the World’s Deepest Mines | Atlas Obscura

December 31, 2024

Northern Lights over Eel Pond.

2024: A Year of Discovery at MBL

December 31, 2024

gold mine

Blueprint for Possible Alien Survival on Mars Found Underground | Newsweek

December 19, 2024

2. An iron oxide microbial mat that develops in the outflow channels from the boreholes drilled at the Soudan Underground Iron Mine in northern Minnesota. Credit: Cody Sheik

Living in the Deep, Dark, Slow Lane

December 18, 2024

A colony of Corynebacterium matruchotii.

The Art of Biofilm Photography: From Petri Dish to Portrait | The Scientist

December 17, 2024

plankton sculpture

Art Meets Science in "Plankton in Our Midst" Exhibit | Penobscot Bay Pilot

November 6, 2024

bacteria

Some Bacteria in Your Mouth Can Divide Into As Many As 14 Cells at Once | ScienceNews

September 24, 2024

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