#Origin of Life

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NASA Finally Admits It — The Stuff on Mars Can't Be Explained Without Life

The concentration of organic molecules Curiosity found in 3.7-billion-year-old mudstone can't be accounted for by meteorites, dust, or atmospheric chemistry combined, according to a new NASA study. The Mars life debate might be crossing from possible to probable.

2/26/2026

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A Virus Fished Out of a Japanese Pond Is Trying to Rewrite the History of Life

A giant virus called ushikuvirus, discovered in a small pond in Ibaraki Prefecture, is adding crucial evidence to a 25-year-old radical hypothesis about the origin of the cell nucleus. Viruses may not have been the enemy of life — they may have been its architects.

2/22/2026