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Article milestones Date Process Result October 17, 2007 Peer review Not reviewed June 13, 2012 Peer review Reviewed December 30, 2015 Good article nominee Not listed April 4, 2016 Good article nominee Not listed May 6, 2016 Peer review Reviewed August 7, 2022 Peer review Reviewed September 27, 2023 Good article nominee Listed A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the " Did you know?" column on November 5, 2023. The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that life exists in every part of the biosphere, from the deepest parts of the ocean (bacterium pictured) to altitudes of up to 40 miles (64 km) in the atmosphere? Current status: Good article

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A review by scientist Denis Noble of a new book entitled " How Life Works: A User’s Guide to the New Biology" (2023) by Philip Ball (editor of the journal Nature) may be worth considering? ^[1] - iac - Stay Safe and Healthy !! - Drbogdan ( talk) 04:53, 6 February 2024 (UTC) reply

Drbogdan ( talk) 04:53, 6 February 2024 (UTC) reply

Hi , I've read it. There's nothing new. Graham Beards ( talk) 14:19, 12 April 2024 (UTC) reply