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Babies are being fed mother’s poo in effort to boost gut bacteria
Researchers are testing whether adding a sample of a mother’s faeces to their baby’s first feed can restore gut microbes missing from children born by C-section, but they warn this should not be attempted at home Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2255964-babies-are-being-fed-mothers-poo-in-effort-to-boost-gut-bacteria/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Searching for habitable exoplanets? Look for phosphorus
Scientists develop a new way to search for potentially habitable exoplanets by measuring the amount of phosphorus in their stars. Such planets should also have abundant phosphorus – necessary for life on Earth – increasing the chances for life. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/phosphorus-in-stars-and-biomarker-habitable-exoplanets…
Live Science podcast ‘Life’s Little Mysteries’ Episode 49: Mysterious Bacteria
Single-cell microbes known as bacteria are simpler than most forms of life, yet they are still intriguingly complex. Source: https://www.livescience.com/llm-podcast-49-bacteria.html
Russian Announces Plan to Independently Explore Venus
“Russia has announced an intention to independently explore Venus a day after scientists said there was a gas that could be present in the planet’s clouds due to single-cell microbes,” reports Euronews: The head of Russia’s space corporation Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, told reporters that they would initiate a national project as “we believe that Venus is a Russian planet,” according to…
Scientists find ‘secret molecule’ that allows soil microbes to exhale electricity
Scientists found the ‘secret molecule’ that allows Geobacter microbes to exhale electrons over vast distances underground Source: https://www.livescience.com/electron-breathing-geobacter-microbes.html
Hints of life on Venus: Scientists detect phosphine molecules in high cloud decks
An international team of astronomers, led by Professor Jane Greaves of Cardiff University, today announced the discovery of a rare molecule—phosphine—in the clouds of Venus. On Earth, this gas is only made industrially, or by microbes that thrive in oxygen-free environments. Source: https://phys.org/news/2020-09-hints-life-venus-scientists-phosphine.html…
Has microbial life been found on Venus?
Is there microbial life in the atmosphere of Earth’s closest neighbor, Venus? An international team of astronomers has found tentative but highly compelling evidence. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/life-on-venus-phosphine-biosignatures…
The Case for Life on Venus
CNET describes Venus as “a toxic, overheated, crushing hellscape where nothing can survive.” But they reported Friday that one astronomy team’s hypothesis published last month “could prompt a reevaluation of how and where we look for life in the universe.” Carl Sagan speculated about life in the clouds of Venus back in 1967, and just a few years ago, researchers suggested…
Bacteria From Earth Can Survive In Space and Could Endure the Trip To Mars, Says Study
AmiMoJo shares a report from CNN: A type of bacteria that is highly resistant to radiation and other environmental hazards survived outside of the International Space Station for three years, according to a new study. The Japanese Tanpopo mission involved including pellets of dried Deinococcus bacteria within aluminum plates that were placed in exposure panels outside of the space station. Deinococcus…