Viruses are the most numerous biological entities on the planet. Now researchers have identified over 140,000 viral species living in the human gut, more than half of which have never been seen before.
Author: nemonemini
The Milky Way may be swarming with planets with oceans and continents like here on Earth
According to a new study, Earth, Venus and Mars were created from small dust particles containing ice and carbon. The discovery opens up the possibility that the Milky Way may be filled with aquatic planets.
Climate change likely drove the extinction of North America’s largest animals —
A new study suggests that the extinction of North America’s largest mammals was not driven by over-hunting by rapidly expanding human populations following their entrance into the Americas. Instead, the findings, based on a new statistical modelling approach, suggest that populations of large mammals fluctuated in response to climate change, with drastic decreases of temperatures around 13,000 years ago initiating the decline and extinction of these massive creatures.
Source: Climate change likely drove the extinction of North America’s largest animals — ScienceDaily
The cataclysm that killed the dinosaurs: New theory explains possible origin of plummeting Chicxulub impactor that struck off Mexico
Scientists have put forth a new theory that could explain the origin and journey of the comet that killed the Chicxulub impactor and others like it.
Descent of Man Revisited
Can a robot pray? Does an automaton have a soul? AI and theology meet | Aeon Essays
Can a robot pray? Does an AI have a soul? Advances in automata raise theological debates that will shape the secular world
Source: Can a robot pray? Does an automaton have a soul? AI and theology meet | Aeon Essays
Study Finds Climate Crisis Driving Great White Sharks Into Colder Waters, With Devastating Effect on Wildlife
Climate change may have driven the emergence of SARS-CoV-2 –
A new study provides evidence of a mechanism by which climate change could have played a direct role in the emergence of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that caused the COVID-19 pandemic.
Source: Climate change may have driven the emergence of SARS-CoV-2 — ScienceDaily
Is There a Good Reason to Believe That Life’s Origin Must Be a Fully Natural Event?
Life is an experience that everyone has and thinks they can recognize. A quality we think is very important. Yet no one can define it.
Source: Is There a Good Reason to Believe That Life’s Origin Must Be a Fully Natural Event? | Evolution News