Massive, rocky worlds called 'super-Earths' – even those orbiting searingly close to their stars – may provide the right conditions for life, recent research suggests. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Those who can't do, teach. Second Life, the most overhyped virtual world, has been abandoned even by its most fervent journalistic promoters, like Reuters and Wired. It's now pitching itself as an online schoolhouse. picked by Bornbad 9 months ago

One of the largest and most luminous stars in our galaxy is a surprisingly prolific building site for complex molecules important to life on Earth, new measurements reveal. picked by DrNothing 2 years ago

Alien life may well exist in a primitive form somewhere in our corner of the galaxy, famed astrophysicist Stephen Hawking has said. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

A collection of the best photographs ever captured which reflected the joyous, appalling and sad moments of human life around the world. picked by humanlink 2 years ago

A woman fears she has been scarred for life after a vegetarian kiev exploded in her face. Jessica Morgan, 28, was about to tuck into the £1.68 kiev when it blew up, spraying boiling hot liquid over her face and shoulder. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Scientists have found life about twice as far below the seafloor as has ever been documented before. A coring sample off the coast of Newfoundland turned up single-celled microbes living in searing temperatures about a mile (1,626 meters) below the seafloor. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Scientists have known for some time that most major groups of complex animals appeared in the fossils record during the Cambrian Explosion, a seemingly rapid evolutionary event that occurred 542 million years ago. Now paleontologists have identified another explosive evolutionary event that occurred about 33 million years earlier among macroscopic life forms unrelated to the Cambrian animals. They... read full post picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Unique marine life in Antarctica will be at risk from an invasion of sharks, crabs and other predators if global warming continues, scientists warn. picked by mahler87 2 years ago

Living the dorm life myself at the moment, I found this Office-ish mockumentary to be pretty funny. picked by chelcho 2 years ago

Visiting aliens may be the stuff of legend, but if a scientific team working at the National Institute of Standards and Technology is right, we may be able to find extraterrestrial life even before it leaves its home planet—by looking for left- (or right-) handed light. picked by AutumnLotus 7 months ago

Astronomers have found the first signature of complex organic molecules in the dust cloud around a distant star, suggesting that these building blocks of life may be a common feature of planetary systems. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Scientists using ESA’s Venus Express are trying to observe whether Earth is habitable. Silly, you might think, when we know that Earth is richly stocked with life. In fact, far from being a pointless exercise, Venus Express is paving the way for an exciting new era in astronomy. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Flash back three or four billion years — Earth is a hot, dry and lifeless place. All is still. Without warning, a meteor slams into the desert plains at over ten thousand miles per hour. With it, this violent collision may have planted the chemical seeds of life on Earth. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

The high energy of a lightning strike strips an oxygen atom from phosphate compounds, creating phosphites. "Early life may have used phosphite to form its key biomolecules, like RNA and DNA," says Pasek. picked by kakana 5 months ago

The Phoenix Mars Lander ended its mission last November, but scientists are still pondering the data. One intriguing discovery was a nightly cycle in which water vapor in the atmosphere collapsed into the Martian soil. One researcher thinks this may hint of dew-like films that could have supported life in a previous Martian climate. picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago

A judge condemned the prevalence of drunken street violence yesterday as he gave life sentences to two feral youths for kicking a gap- year student to death because she was dressed as a Goth. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Sometimes life has surprises in store that can alter the very core of our existence; bring modifications that we never thought were possible. One such great surprise or better to call it a gift that life offers us is to create and nurture a new life. picked by iamamaniac 8 months ago

Sadly it's all artificial.

Edd Hifeng is a Second Life player controlled not by a human, but by another computer.

At the moment it's quite limited, but its creators have high hopes. picked by pocksucket 2 years ago

Scientists have found some odd life forms in Lake Huron.

Peculiar geological formations are supporting floating plumes and purple mats of microbes dwelling in enclaves of the Great Lake, researchers report. The odd biology is more akin to what is found in some of Earth's most extreme environments. picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago