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SCOUT· 63%33m·2024-08-02·ScienceWeekly: The first life on Earth; Banana-shaped galaxies; When is smartphone use ‘problematic’?
The World, the Universe and Us · 261
#261 What was the first life on Earth like? Ancient fossils hint it could be a primitive kind of bacteria – but these 3.5 billion-year-old fossilised cells are controversial since they’re vastly bigger than any modern bacteria. But there’s now reason to believe that maybe, just maybe, they really are what they seem.…
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