Across the tree of life, populations have evolved the capacity to contend with suboptimal
conditions by engaging in dormancy, whereby individuals enter a reversible state of reduced …

We review the main lines of evidence (molecular, cellular and whole organism) published
since the 1970s demonstrating Lamarckian Inheritance in animals, plants and …

The earliest confirmed interstellar object,'Oumuamua, was discovered in the solar system by
Pan-STARRS in 2017, allowing for a calibration of the abundance of interstellar objects of its …

The 'Fermi paradox'refers to the mismatch between a widely held expectation that advanced
technological life should be common in the Universe—recently given impetus by the …

In Lammer et al.(2024), we defined Earth-like habitats (EHs) as rocky exoplanets within the
habitable zone of complex life (HZCL) on which Earth-like N2-O2-dominated atmospheres …

Microbial technology is exceptional among human activities and endeavours in its range of
applications that benefit humanity, even exceeding those of chemistry. What is more …

Two widely-cited alternative hypotheses propose geological localities and biochemical
mechanisms for life's origins. The first states that chemical energy available in submarine …

The recently discovered first hyperbolic objects passing through the Solar System,
1I/'Oumuamua and 2I/Borisov, have raised the question about near term missions to …

The emergence of life from nonlife, or abiogenesis, remains a fundamental question in
scientific inquiry. In this article, we investigate the probability of the origin of life (per …

Active galactic nuclei (AGNs) emit substantial fluxes of high-energy electromagnetic
radiation, and have therefore attracted some recent attention for their negative impact on …