Introduces unusual life-forms and the scientists who search for them and traces the discoveries of unfamiliar life forms in extreme areas of the solar system In the 1980s and 1990s, in places where no one thought it possible, scientists found organisms they called extremophiles…
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Introduces unusual life-forms and the scientists who search for them and traces the discoveries of unfamiliar life forms in extreme areas of the solar system. "In the 1980s and 1990s, in places where no one thought it possible, scientists found organisms they called extremophil…
"Earth is, to our knowledge, the only life-bearing body in the Solar System. This extraordinary characteristic dates back almost 4 billion years. How to explain that Earth is teeming with organisms and that this has lasted for so long? What makes Earth different from its sister …
The biological and philosophical implications of the emergence of new collective individuals from associations of living beings.
The biological and philosophical implications of the emergence of new collective individuals from associations of living beings. Our intuitive assumption that only organisms are the real individuals in the natural world is at odds with developments in cell biology, ecology, gene…
