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Earth

Phosphorus for Earth’s earliest life may have been forged by lightning

Lightning strikes can supply one of life’s essential elements, long thought to be delivered by meteorites billions of years ago.

Space

Most of Mars’ missing water may lurk in its crust

Computer simulations of the fate of Mars’ water may explain why the Red Planet turned into a desert, when so little of its water has escaped into space.

Health & Medicine

A deadly fungus behind hospital outbreaks was found in nature for the first time

Learning where the fungus Candida auris thrives in nature could help reveal why this yeast is dangerous to humans.