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NASA’s Latest Asteroid Sample Hints at Life’s Extraterrestrial Origins

Material retrieved from the asteroid Bennu by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft shows that all the basic building blocks of life were astonishingly widespread in the early solar system  Material retrieved from the asteroid Bennu by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft shows that all the basic building blocks of life were astonishingly widespread in the early solar system  Scientific American…

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Crucial plant protein traced back to over 600 millions years ago, predating the first plant

Crucial plant protein traced back to over 600 millions years ago, predating the first plant

Wageningen researchers have discovered that a vital plant protein originated more than 600 million years ago, long before the first plants existed. They traced its origins back to an evolutionary event in a distant unicellular ancestor, during which genetic material was reshuffled. This process gave rise to the Auxin Response Factor (ARF), a protein that…

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Australia won’t follow Trump’s anti-diversity push, super fund boss says

Australia won’t follow Trump’s anti-diversity push, super fund boss says

The head of one of the nation’s largest super funds says the belief in “inclusive and equitable leadership” is firmly entrenched in Australia’s business world. The head of one of the nation’s largest super funds says the belief in “inclusive and equitable leadership” is firmly entrenched in Australia’s business world. Business / Companies Sydney Morning Herald – Business

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