Tag: extremophiles
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Snakebots, desert plants, and self-assembling space modules: the world of biomimicry
[ This blog is dedicated to tracking my most recent publications. Subscribe to the feed to keep up with all the science stories I write! ] “Life, uh, finds a way”—Applying lessons from evolution to go to Mars Biomimicry looks to living organisms to create the future of sustainable engineering. For Ars Technica: As philosopher-mathematician […]
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Can we recognize life if we see it on other worlds?
Back in June, I traveled to a remote lake in British Columbia to visit a NASA research site. That trip resulted in a long article I wrote for Mosaic, which roamed over a wide range of topics: what a Canadian lake has to do with life on Mars, the difficulty of identifying life on other […]
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