Scientists discover life needed only a tiny amount of oxygen to explode

It has long been thought that a monumental increase in oxygen fueled the Cambrian explosion about 540 million years agobreathing life into the Earth’s biosphere to generate a rich diversity of astonishingly complex animal species. Whether oxygen really played such a crucial role is hotly disputed, however, with other factors possibly playing a role. ignite … Read more

This is the first animal ever found that does not need oxygen to survive

Some truths about the universe and our experience in it seem unchangeable. The sky is up. Gravity sucks. Nothing can travel faster than light. Multicellular life needs oxygen to live. However, perhaps we should reconsider the latter. In 2020, scientists discovered a jellyfish-like parasite that lacks a mitochondrial genome – the first multicellular organism ever … Read more