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Humans are captivated by the idea of finding life elsewhere in the universe – and even more by the idea that life, if found, ...

From Viking to Perseverance, scientists have spent decades chasing chemical hints that could point to life beyond Earth.

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Despite the vast differences in human and bee brains, both of us can do mathematics. As we argue in a new paper published in ...