This week we have 22 new papers on the origin of life. Enjoy!

Astrobiology

Habitability of Tidally Heated H$_2$-Dominated Exomoons around Free-Floating Planets
Dahlbüdding et al. — preprint

A whole-planet model of the Earth without life for terrestrial exoplanet studies
Gilbert-Janizek et al. — preprint

Planetary analog sites in the Indian subcontinent and the Indian Ocean: underexplored environments suited for astrobiological and space research
Jangir et al. — Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences

Dynamical Interactions and Habitability in the TOI-700 Multi-Planet System
Nelson et al. — preprint

Astrochemistry

Carbonaceous Cosmic Dust Analogs Distinguish between Ion Bombardment and Temperature
Losurdo et al. — The Astrophysical Journal

Astrophysics

Imaging Venus-like Worlds: Spectral, Polarimetric, and UV Diagnostics for the Habitable Worlds Observatory
Kane et al. — preprint

Biochemistry

Molecular-level observation of the self-assembly of a virus-like particle
Asor et al. — preprint

Increasing the compositional heterogeneity of single-chain amphiphile membranes supported by coacervate cores alters stability and properties of the hybrid protocells
Joshi et al. — preprint

Continuously tunable multistability in DNA replication networks
Zhong et al. — Nature Communications

Biology

Priority effects inhibit the repeated evolution of phototrophy
Burnetti et al. — npj Complexity

Biophysics

Self-replicating fuels via autocatalytic molecular bond fission
Agbo — preprint

Chemistry

Revisiting the Bio-Inorganic Bridge 25 Years Later
Robbins et al.

Computational Biology

Evolution of Pre-Genetic Semantic Information in Protocells Under Variable Inheritance Fidelity
Carr — BioSystems

Geoscience

Contemporaneous mobile- and stagnant-lid tectonics on the Hadean Earth
Valley et al. — Nature

Mathematical Biology

Biomass transfer on autocatalytic reaction network: a delay differential equation formulation
Lin — preprint

Microbiology

Universal paralogs provide a window into evolution before the last universal common ancestor
Goldman et al. — Cell Genomics

Palaeontology

Molecular clock evidence for an Archean diversification of heme-copper oxygen reductase enzymes
Husain et al. — Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Planetary Sciences

Out-of-season water escape during Mars' northern summer triggered by a strong localized dust storm
Brines et al. — Communications Earth & Environment

Phyllosilicate adsorption limited phosphorus bioavailability in early ferruginous oceans
Cui et al. — Nature Communications

What to make of the Earth's curiously intermediate land fraction?
Kipping — preprint

Sculpting of Martian brain terrain reveals the drying of ancient Mars
Zhang et al. — preprint

Synthetic Biology

Buoyancy-driven sorting of synthetic cells for nanopore activity
Lehr et al. — preprint