Logging in to schedule my weekly OoL digest post was one time too many—Twitter’s a mess, and I can’t keep endorsing it so I won’t be posting these updates anymore. Most readers are on the mailing list anyway (link below) or follow me on Bluesky.

🔔 #OriginOfLife digest — Feb 3 25 new papers — rocky planets in the HZ — Bennu sample: SOM & ancient brine — HZ and sulfur chemistry — Mars sample return — Hycean worlds — ACS in a protocell — transition to multicellularity

🔔 #OriginOfLife digest — Jan 27 15 new papers — habitability of Mars subsurface — habitable zone limits — galactic habitability — LUCA — transition to multicellularity

@Inoreader

🔔 #OriginOfLife digest — Jan 20 28 new papers, 1 by @oolen_org members — PAH & technosignatures — Mars samples — Mars analogues — origins of metabolism — extremophiles — information & living systems (Bartlett, @artemyte) — autocatalytic networks

ffs @EBSCO can you make it MORE DIFFICULT to access your resources?

🔔 #OriginOfLife digest — Jan 13 17 new papers, 2 by @oolen_org members — network biosignatures — ocean worlds (Rodriguez) — homochirality — autocatalysis — protocells — microdroplet assembly (Sithamparam) — Mars analog environments

@drmichaellevin @mjdramstead FEP + astrobiology, i.e. when your field of research meets mine—very cool, to discuss

🔔 #OriginOfLife digest — Jan 6 7 papers — planets orbiting White Dwarfs — fluorine-containing compounds — icy worlds — Habitable Worlds Observatory — autocatalytic networks — Titan-like photochemistry

🔔 #OriginOfLife digest — Dec 30 4 papers — microbial habitability — history of water on Mars — historical habitability on Earth — nitrogenase evolution

RT @abgradeurope: Express your interest to attend FALCON: Frontiers in Astrobiology and Origins of Life Conference! Organised jointly by @a…

🔔#OriginOfLife digest — Dec 23 24 new papers, 2 by @oolen_org members — artificial life — agnostic biosignatures — rocky exoplanets (Lichtenberg) — pyridoxamine (@loraineOoL) — submarine vents — Turing patterns & autocatalysis — Assembly theory

RT @AdamFrank4: Here is my conversation with @lexfridman on astrobiology, the human future, the physics of life, the nature of consciousnes…

@colemathis__ Thank you so much, these past months were just fantastic! 😃

RT @gregisenberg: Just had a fascinating lunch with a 22-year-old Stanford grad. Smart kid. Perfect resume. Something felt off though. He…

RT @SeanFJ: 🚨 We're hiring! Join our team @ProtoSignsLab as a Postdoctoral Researcher in Computational Modelling of Protocell Membranes. 🧪💻…

🔔#OriginOfLife digest — Dec 16 18 new papers, 2 by @oolen_org members — biosignature preservation — Earth-like habitats — rocky exoplanet atmospheres — carbon fixation (@Fliegender_KPC) — amino acid recruitment (@SeekingLUCA) — chemical reaction systems

RT @SupportOurSci: Years of advocacy paid off: Canada’s 2024 budget delivers the largest pay rise in 20 years for graduate students & postd…