This week we have 27 new papers relevant to the origins of life. Enjoy!

Please note that inclusion of these papers reflects topic, not quality, and that evaluating scientific merit is out of scope for this newsletter.

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Astrobiology

Synergistic Effects of Ocean Salinity and Planetary Obliquity Enhance Habitability of Cold Exo-Earths
Batra et al. — preprint

A preliminary exploration of the effects of baseline length for the LIFE space mission
Hansen et al. — preprint

Smaller Than Earth Habitability Model (STEHM): The Lower Size Limit for Atmosphere Retention in the Habitable Zone
Hill et al. — preprint

Ammonia as a parameter shaping habitability on icy moons
Hopton et al. — FEMS Microbes

The Catastrophic Consequences of Agnosticism for Life Searches and a Possible Workaround
Kipping — preprint

Algorithmic bottlenecks in evolution: Genetic code, symbolic language, and the Great Filter hypothesis
Prokopenko et al. — preprint

Prebiosignatures with the Habitable Worlds Observatory
Ranjan et al. — Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series

Astrochemistry

Fatigue-crack formation in samples from asteroid Bennu and petrologic controls on boulder properties and evolution
Molaro et al. — Icarus

The Formation of Glycolamide on Interstellar Ices
Viti — ACS Central Science

Astrophysics

Impact of Climate States and Seasons on Future Exo-Earth Observations
Batra et al. — preprint

Biochemistry

Biological use of molybdenum and tungsten stems back to 3.4 billion years ago
Klos et al. — Nature Communications

Nonequilibrium States Promote One-Pot Nonenzymatic Carbon Fixation in the Reverse Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle and Amino Acid Synthesis
Lin et al. — preprint

Recent Advances in Lipidomics of Extremophiles: A Review on Organic Biosignatures
Yadav et al. — Astrobiology

Biophysics

Gravity as a Boundary Condition for the Evolution of Three-Dimensional Multicellularity
Ullrich et al. — Life

Chemistry

Enumeration of Autocatalytic Subsystems in Large Chemical Reaction Networks
Golnik et al. — Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation

Tricks of Nature From the Ancient Earth and Early Mars: Chemical Gardens Generate Biomorphs With High Preservation Potential
Hirsch et al. — Geobiology

The Role of Chemistry Across Disciplines From Humanities to Life Sciences in Understanding Complexity and Emergence
Schwalbe et al. — Angewandte Chemie International Edition

A Clue for the Hen and Egg Question: The Simultaneous Formation of Uracil and Amino Acids Under Simulated Hadean Conditions
Seitz et al. — Life

Novel Chemical Pathways for the Formation of Nucleobase Precursors via Benzene π-Bond Addition to HCN
Yang et al. — preprint

Computational Biology

Evolutionary origin of the bipartite architecture of dissipative cellular networks
Shi et al. — preprint

Mathematical Biology

Chapter 2: Geometry of the Fitness Surface and Trajectory Dynamics of Replicator Systems
Bratus et al. — preprint

Microbiology

Dew and frost do not serve as water sources for rock-dwelling organisms in the Dry Valleys of Antarctica
Kidron et al. — Planta

Weaving Life into Regolith: Engineered Autotrophic-Heterotrophic Consortia for Autonomous Biofabrication from Granular Feedstocks
Rokaya et al. — preprint

Planetary Sciences

Carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur cycling unveil deep-sea microbial niches in the Atacama Trench
Arribas Tiemblo et al. — Nature Communications

Emergence of Continents Stabilized the Bioavailability of Boron
Dyck et al. — Terra Nova

The hydrogen, methane and ammonia biosphere on early Earth
Ohmoto et al. — Scientific Reports

Modeling Volcanic Plume Heights Across Exoplanet Atmospheres: Insights from TRAPPIST-1
Saxena et al. — preprint