It’s easy to forget that, despite life having existed on Earth for billions of years and despite our relatively carefree existence from total destruction, throughout history there have been events that wiped out nearly everything! Fortunately for many life forms, they have the ability to go dormant and enter a state of reversible, reduced metabolic activity. In this state they are protected from decay and can survive long harsh periods where life would otherwise not survive. Is it just possible therefore that dormancy could also allow life to survive on other worlds like Mars or Venus?  ‘Life, don’t talk to me about life,’ were the utterances of Marvin the depressive robot on the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. Unlike Marvin, it seems humanity loves talking about and exploring the possibilities that life may exist elsewhere in the universe. A discussion about life is always tricky though as life could, conceivably come in such a strange form that we might not even recognise it as life. Typically if we talk about searching for alien life of any level of existence, we tend to consider life like that which we find here on planet Earth. After all, we have to start somewhere.  With thousands of exoplanets discovered so far, astronomers are learning how different planets can be. What if intelligent alien civilizations arise on extremely different habitable worlds? Some civilizations could develop space exploration technologies, but others would be trapped underwater, under ice, or in enormous gravity wells. How could they escape? Image Credit: DALL-E Exploring the diversity of life on Earth gives us an insight into what critters might be out there in similar environments. One such state that is surprisingly common across Earthly organisms is the ability to enter the state known as dormancy. The process protects an inactive organism and minimises the chances of extinction by preserving the critical bodily functions and shutting down all others, but just temporarily. In a paper recently published in The Royal Society Journals, Kevin D. Webster and Jay T. Lennon explore dormancy theory in consideration of its enabling life to flourish elsewhere in the cosmos.  The duo first analysed the key activities that led to the evolution of intelligent life; the supply of chemical building blocks at the necessary rate to exceeded their decay and that some sort of compartmentalisation was needed for early primative life to offer protection between their cellular components and the environment. The sustained evolution of life from these early stages was susceptible to chance events but also error in DNA replications that may have brought a species to an evolutionary dead end.  Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is the genetic material for all known life on Earth. DNA is a biopolymer consisting of a string of subunits. The subunits consist of nucleotide base pairs containing a purine (adenine A, or guanine G) and a pyrimidine (thymine T, or cytosine C). DNA can contain nucleotide base pairs in any order without its chemical properties changing. This property is rare in biopolymers, and makes it possible for DNA to encode genetic information in the sequence of its base pairs. This stability is due to the fact that each base pair contains phosphate groups (consisting of phosphorus and oxygen atoms) on the outside with a net negative charge. These repeated negative charges make DNA a polyelectrolyte. Computational genomics researcher Steven Benner has hypothesized that alien genetic material will also be a polyelectrolyte biopolymer, and that chemical tests could therefore be devised to detect alien genetic molecules. Credit: Zephyris Despite the sequence of events that brought about evolution that shaped our history there were events that momentarily brought a pause to proceedings. There have been five extinction events since the formation of Earth and it is the ability to drive through these dark days that dormancy really comes into its own.  Impactors strike during the reign of the dinosaurs (image credit: MasPix/devianart) Dormancy is a state of reduced activity or metabolism that organisms enter to survive during periods of challenging environmental conditions, such as extreme temperatures or reduced levels of light. This survival mechanism is common in plants, seeds, and certain animals, enabling them to withstand harsh seasons or environments. For animals, dormancy may take the form of hibernation or estivation, where metabolic rates decrease to conserve energy until conditions improve. Dormancy provides protection, allowing inactive organisms to survive during unfavourable conditions and resume activity once more better conditions return. It may not have just helped organisms to survive harsh seasons but may have protected life from extinction during catastrophic events. It seems that the ability for primitive organisms to evolve dormancy processes is quite simple. If this is the case then it is quite plausible that any organisms that evolved on other planets with less than favourable conditions could be in their dormant state and waiting for conditions to improve.  Source : Dormancy in the origin, evolution and persistence of life on Earth The post Dormancy Could Be One of the Keys to Life on Earth (and Beyond) appeared first on Universe Today.

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Stop and smell the roses. Post Malone was all over the place in 2024. From writing and recording with a handful of artists, appearing on the Christmas Day halftime show with Beyoncé, to his F-1 Trillion Tour, which celebrated the music from his debut country record to many other things on his agenda. He was busy, to say the least. While Malone has already announced that he's gearing up to go on the road with Sierra Ferrell and Jelly Roll for his The BIG ASS Stadium Tour 2025, he is hoping to slow down some during his time off the road. During an interview with CMT ahead of Nashville's Big Bash New Year's Eve celebration, Malone chatted with Jelly Roll's wife, Bunnie Xo, reflecting on 2024 and what's to come in 2025. https://www.instagram.com/p/DEYAcobSMW5/?img_index=1 One of Bunnie's interview questions pushed Malone to think about something he learned in 2025 that he hopes to take into the new year. While it took Malone a minute to find his answer, his answer was one I feel like many touring artists often hope to do. "Take your time. I feel like, for a long time, I feel like I was trying to go as fast as I could. And now I just kind of want to take my time."  Bunnie relates to Malone, noting that when she was younger, she felt the same "go, go, go" feeling all the time and slowing down comes with age. Malone then jokes that he knows for a fact that he needs to slow down because he physically can't move as fast. "Well, I can't even move as fast. Like I've got terrible knees and terrible feet. And now it's like..."  Malone noted earlier in the interview that his daughter started talking last year, which I'm sure is a significant factor in his wanting to slow down. Malone seems like a very involved father for how much he's touring, and now that she's growing up, I am sure he does not want to miss major milestones. Malone is lying low until spring, when the tour starts, so I'm interested in seeing if he can keep this New Year's resolution. Check it out. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwkvoL3v0gY&t=17s Post Malone 2025 Tour Dates: Tue Apr 29 – Salt Lake City, UT – Rice-Eccles Stadium^ Sat May 03 – Las Vegas, NV – Allegiant Stadium^ Wed May 07 – San Antonio, TX – Alamodome^ Fri May 09 – Dallas, TX – AT&T Stadium^ Sun May 11 – Atlanta, GA – Mercedes Benz Stadium^ Tue May 13 – St. Louis, MO – Busch Stadium^ Sun May 18 – Detroit, MI – Ford Field^ Tue May 20 – Minneapolis, MN – U.S. Bank Stadium^ Thu May 22 – Chicago, IL – Wrigley Field^ Sat May 24 – Philadelphia, PA – Citizens Bank Park^ Mon May 26 – Toronto, ON – Rogers Centre^ Wed May 28 – Hershey, PA – Hersheypark Stadium^ Thu May 29 – Pittsburgh, PA – PNC Park^ Sat May 31 – Foxborough, MA – Gillette Stadium Mon Jun 02 – Washington, DC – Northwest Stadium Wed Jun 04 – New York, NY – Citi Field Sun Jun 08 – Miami, FL – Hard Rock Stadium* Tue Jun 10 – Orlando, FL – Camping World Stadium Fri Jun 13 – Ridgedale, MO – Thunder Ridge Nature Arena Sun Jun 15 – Denver, CO – Empower Field at Mile High Sat Jun 21 – Glendale, AZ – State Farm Stadium* Tue Jun 24 – Boise, ID – Albertsons Stadium Thu Jun 26 – Seattle, WA – T-Mobile Park Sat Jun 28 – Portland, OR – Providence Park Tue Jul 01 – San Francisco, CA – Oracle Park *Without Jelly Roll ^With Sierra Ferrell https://www.instagram.com/p/DCjp14mRn6G/?img_index=1

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