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Artemis IV as a Test of a New Biological Hypothesis: Does Earth’s Rotation Govern the Structural Stability of Life?
3+ week, 4+ day ago (745+ words) Introduction: Artemis as a Natural Planetary Experiment However, a deeper biophysical question remains largely unaddressed: What if terrestrial biology is adapted not merely to a static scalar gravity of 1 g, but to the specific dynamic configuration, directional tension, and rotational…...
3.5-Billion-Year-Old Organic Chert Reveals One of Earth's “Earliest Known Occurrences of Biologically Generated Organic Matter”
3+ week, 4+ day ago (527+ words) Indian scientists searching for clues to the oldest signs of life on Earth have discovered evidence of organic matter in a 3.5-billion-year-old sample of Paleoarchean volcanic–hydrothermal chert. If confirmed, the team said the ancient chert would represent one of…...