May 2025
Mythologies of Outer Space - A new perspective on the final frontier
... way of understanding the world must confront and transform itself from previous methods; a disorderly process similar to mutation and transformation into something unforeseen, but dependent on what came before.” Alice Gorman argues that the...
September 2026
Pregnancy among the stars - the biology of birth beyond Earth
... therefore they present a much larger target for galactic cosmic rays. Holden argues that radiation-induced mutations may therefore occur more frequently in maternal genetic material than paternal DNA, the opposite to what we observe...
28 August 2020
Clumps of bacteria could survive interplanetary journey, new study says
... that have been discovered and they can survive being hit by gamma rays without dying or undergoing mutation. Their ability to endure the harshest of environments – it is hardy lifeforms such as these that some scientists believe might...
23 August 2021
Earth's magnetic field weakens every 200 million years, new study says
... events, studies suggest that the mass extinctions are linked to an increase in ultraviolet (UV) radiation that damaged and mutated DNA, that in turn caused widespread disruption in all parts of the ecosystem. How could UV radiation increase to such...
