Mars still holds the promise of being one of the first places in the solar system humanity will colonize. However, if there was evolutionarily distinct, extant life on the planet, it might sway the heart of even the most ardent Mars colonization fans. So astrobiologists are in a race against time to try to determine whether or not such life exists, before the entire planet becomes an analogue of the Earths biosphere, if only unintentionally, and only a shadow of the ones that exists here. A new paper from the Christopher Temby and Jan Spacek of the Agnostic Life Finder (ALF) team discusses one of the most promising ways to prove definitively that life exists on the Red Planet - finding polyelectrolyte polymers - in other words, DNA.

Deep in the darkness, tiny red specks of light have been driving astronomers to distraction. These mysterious "little red dots" discovered by the James Webb Space Telescope shouldn't exist, theyre impossibly compact yet blazingly bright, defying our understanding of how galaxies form. Now, Harvard researchers believe they've solved this billion year old puzzle with a theory involving the universe's rarest structures; dark matter halos.

Keri Kelli + Greg Koch Discuss the Animated World of Metal Warrior, From Craft Beer to Heavy MetalKeri Kelli and Greg Koch joined Loudwire Nights on Wednesday (Aug. 13) to dive into the debut album from the new animated band Metal Warrior, The Crushed Souls of Our Enemies.Listen to the full conversation in the player near the end of this article."We've been working on this project for a...

The Album by 11 Big 1970s Classic Rock Bands That Fans Collect the Most (on Discogs)Here are the most collected albums from 11 classic rock acts from the 1970s.We recently utilized Discogs, an online platform for collectors to catalog and sell albums, to identify the most sought-after titles from classic rock acts that dominated the 1970s.READ MORE: Most Collected Albums By 11 Big Prog Rock...

The growths may look disturbing but they are generally harmless to the bunnies.

What's next, a toothbrush made from paste?

Dont you just love a giant deep-sea mystery?

“Zombie” Rabbits With Freaky “Horns” Alarm Residents In Colorado – What Is Going On?“Zombie” Rabbits With Freaky “Horns” Alarm Residents In Colorado – What Is Going On?The growths may look disturbing but they are generally harmless to the bunnies.Cottontail rabbit papilloma virus causes growths on the animal’s head.In scenes that wouldn’t be out of place in The Last Of Us, rabbits with...

Toothpaste Made From Hair Might Be The Future Of Your Dental HealthListen: sometimes medicine is gross. Poop transplants exist and are weirdly effective at a whole bunch of things; Ozempic has its roots in Gila monster venom. Premarin, the most common form of estrogen prescribed to menopausal women in the US, is literally named after its main ingredient, Pregnant mare urine. So, when we tell...

Off The Coast Of Britain Is A Giant Dip In The Seabed, And Nobody's Quite Sure What Caused ItOff the coast of Great Britain is something of a deep-sea mystery. Seismic data gathered here during gas exploration revealed a feature on the seabed about 130 kilometers (80.7 miles) off England’s Humber Estuary. Known as the Silverpit Crater, it’s a huge dip that's about 3 kilometers (1.9 miles) wide...