From Sciencedaily, if you know anything about life’s progression(for a lack of a better way of saying it) bacteria came first. Then multi-cellular organisms. So that the rest of life’s diversity evolved in about 1 billion years(in a ~3.8 billion year span for the whole of life).

Bacteria shares DNA through the use of plasmids. Some viruses use can use reverse transcriptase to integrate into the DNA of its host to make new copies of itself. It is believed that this transfer of DNA can speed the rate of evolution.

The iconic Hubble image the is probably the wallpaper on hundreds of million computers is no more. The Eagle Nebula was destroyed by a supernova 6ooo years ago according to the NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope. Just imagine when humans were building the first villages a supernova was scattering the dust of the Eagle Nebula.

From Physorg, a look at Lake Vostok in Antarctica. I think they maybe doing a metagenome study.

From Biocompare, this study looks at how adding milk to tea reduces the cardiovascular benefits. As an American I usually don’t drink my tea with milk, but apparently the English are big on adding Milk. Intrestingly I was watching Modern Marvels on tea. While drinking tea(an herbal).

This from Physorg.com, is a discovery of a new type of algae. Being akin to red algae, picoplankton was uncovered by biochemical means.