This week we have 26 new papers on the origin of life. Enjoy!

Artificial Life

The Constraint-Function Loop
Adams et al. — Artificial Life Conference Proceedings

Astrobiology

Foundation Models for Astrobiology: Paper I—Workshop and Overview
Felton et al. — Astrobiology

Detectability of Atmospheric Biosignatures in Earth Analogs with Varying Surface Boundary Conditions: Prospects for Characterization in the UV, Visible, Near-Infrared, and Mid-Infrared Regions
Pradhan et al. — preprint

Astrochemistry

PHANGS-JWST: the largest extragalactic molecular cloud catalog traced by polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon emission
Bazzi et al. — preprint

Photochemistry of interstellar ice forming Complex Organic Molecules
Caro et al. — Nature Reviews Chemistry

Investigating the Photochemical Properties of Cytosine and Thymine Under Mars-Like Conditions: Effect of UV Radiation and Calcium Perchlorate
Chaouche-Mechidal et al. — Astrobiology

High-energy astrochemistry in the molecular interstellar medium
Gaches et al. — preprint

An Archean atmosphere rich in sulfur biomolecules
Reed et al. — Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Astrophysics

JWST TRAPPIST-1 e/b Program: Motivation and first observations
Allen et al. — preprint

Young M dwarfs flare activity model: Towards better exoplanetary atmospheric characterisation
Mamonova et al. — preprint

CH$_3$OH and HCN in Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Mapped with the ALMA Atacama Compact Array: Distinct Outgassing Behaviors and a Remarkably High CH$_3$OH/HCN Production Rate Ratio
Roth et al. — preprint

Biochemistry

Evolutionary Flexibility of Ribosome Biogenesis in Bacteria
Amikura et al. — Molecular Biology and Evolution

Talin force coupling underlies eukaryotic cell-substrate adhesion
Rangarajan et al. — Nature Communications

Geoscience

The Great Oxidation Event (GOE): Biogeochemical Feedback and Tipping Points
Ingersoll — preprint

Substantial water retained early in Earth’s deep mantle
Lu et al. — Science

Extremely cold ocean temperatures in iron formation brine pools of snowball Earth
Lu et al. — Nature Communications

Mathematical Biology

Homeostatic set-points are physical and foundational to organism autonomy
Farnsworth — BioSystems

Microbiology

On the transitional character and regularity of planetary abiogenesis
Dolgikh — BioSystems

Three eruptions at the Fagradalsfjall Volcano in Iceland show rapid and predictable microbial community establishment
Hadland et al. — Communications Biology

Navigating life in the extremes: a bibliometric exploration of extremophiles and astrobiology
Ilıkkan — International Journal of Astrobiology

The Hidden Viral Network: How Viruses Shape Microbial Adaptability and Biogeochemical Cycling in the Polyextreme Mars-Analog Qaidam Basin Desert
Liu et al. — Environmental Microbiology

Ultrastructure of Serratia liquefaciens Grown at 7 mbar Under Simulated Martian Conditions
Schuerger et al. — Microorganisms

Donor strand complementation and calcium ion coordination drive the chaperone-free polymerization of archaeal cannulae
Sleutel et al. — Nature Communications

Planetary Sciences

Water versus land on temperate rocky planets
Guimond et al. — preprint

Onset of persistent surface ocean oxygenation during the Great Oxidation Event
Heard et al. — Nature Communications

Physicochemical Controls on the Compositions of the Earth and Planets
Sossi et al. — Space Science Reviews