Life in Lake Vostok? The link between Antarctica and extra-terrestrials

By Helen Maynard-Casely, Australian Synchrotron

Late last week the Russian Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute (AARI) announced they had successfully drilled into the elusive sub-glacial Lake Vostok, a body of water lying under nearly 4km of Antarctic…

23 August 2011

Tysona — Fossils from the Pilbara could shine a light on the search for life on Mars. tysonA

No, Australia’s new fossils are NOT the oldest, but their value is set in stone

By Malcolm Walter, University of New South Wales and David Flannery, University of New South Wales

A study published in Nature Geoscience yesterday reports the discovery of 3.4 billion-year-old microbial cells in ancient sandstones in Western Australia’s Pilbara region. Some headlines have suggested…

1 July 2011

172317084_36478dd606_b — Microbial fossils in Western Australia hold secrets about life's earliest evolution. Mundoo

If I had a blank cheque I’d … verify the earliest forms of life

By Malcolm Walter, University of New South Wales and Simon George, Macquarie University

Welcome to If I had a blank cheque I’d … a new series in which leading researchers reveal what they could do in their discipline if money were no object. Today we hear from Malcolm Walter, professor of…

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