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    Nature: FfAME researcher Elisa Biondi's work is cited in an article on RNA and the origin of life
    March 2, 2023
  
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    WCJB - Gainesville: Vedant Karalkar, a local student being mentored at the Foundation, became a finalist in the "Genes in Space" competition
    June 3, 2022
  
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    Chemistry World: FfAME researcher Elisa Biondi gives input on how mineral surfaces promoted variation in prebiotic RNA.
    March 5, 2019
  
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    The New York Times: Work at the FfAME was the topic of an article by the noted science journalist Carl Zimmer in today's New York Times.
    February 21, 2019
  
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    LifeScience: LiveScience reviewed today recent work done at the FfAME and Firebird Biomolecular Sciences expanding the DNA genetic alphabet.
    February 21, 2019
  
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    ChemistryWorld: Katrina Kramer writes about how FfAME's 8-letter genetic code hints at how alien life might evolve
    February 21, 2019
  
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    ORF.at Science: Austrian news outlet ORF.at details research at FfAME and Firebird Biomolecular Sciences that was recently published in Science.
    February 21, 2019
  
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    Popular Mechanics: Steven Benner is featured in an article about how a maelstrom of molten iron could have been the basis for life on Earth.
    January 15, 2019
  
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    Science Magazine: Research from FfAME's 2018 OOL Atlanta Conference is highlighted in a discussion on the RNA first model of the origins of life.
    January 11, 2019
  
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    New Scientist: Work at the Foundation on the origin of life was a focus of a piece by Penny Sarchet in the June 2018 edition of New Scientist.
    June 13, 2018
  
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    National Public Radio: Steven Benner was interviewed on NPR where pioneering efforts at the FfAME expanding the genetic alphabet were acknowledged.
    November 29, 2017
  
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    Astrobiology at NASA: A Big Repeating Molecule May Be What Defines Life
    August 2, 2017
  
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    Tampa Bay Times: New test spots Zika virus in under an hour, raising hopes for a speedier response
    June 8, 2017
  
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    University of Florida: New test lets UF scientist and team find Zika faster
    June 7, 2017
  
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    TCPalm: New test for Zika could help mosquito control efforts
    June 7, 2017
  
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    DVIDS: Diagnoskeeter: Diagnosing Mosquito-Borne Viruses 'On the Fly'
    February 7, 2017
  
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    Many Worlds: Marc Kaufman reports on how NASA's Mars rover has found essentially every mineral that is needed to allow the formation of life.
    December 14, 2016
  
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    Scientific American: It Takes 2: RNA-DNA Mashup May Have Kick-Started Life on Earth
    September 26, 2016
  
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    ACS Synthetic Biology: FfAME researchers Mariko Matsuura and Ryan Shaw are featured in the current ACS Synthetic Biology's "Introducing our Authors".
    March 28, 2016
  
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    Medical Discovery News: A podcast discussing primates developing the ability to metabolize alcohol, highlighting research done at FfAME.
    March 18, 2016
  
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    New Scientist: Report on FfAME's work defining how life would look on alien worlds, such as Titan, the largest moon of Saturn
    November 18, 2015
  
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    The Scientist: The Scientist discussed FfAME's latest advances in synthetic biology
    June 8, 2015
  
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    Science Magazine: Humankind descended from the trees to  get a beer
    December 1, 2014
  
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    Evolution News: A discussion on FfAME's latest evidence that life on Earth originated on Mars
    March 12, 2014
  
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    LiveScience: LiveScience and arsenic-based life
    February 1, 2012
  
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    Chemical and Engineering News: More on arsenic-based life
    January 23, 2012
  
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    BBC News: Searching for the origins of life... and our future
    November 7, 2011
  
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    Odyssey Magazine: The Alien Discovery that Wasn't
    June 27, 2011
  
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    Chemical & Engineering News: Arsenic Bacterium Debate Continues
    June 6, 2011
  
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    New Scientist: Arsenic-based bacteria: Fact or fiction?
    May 27, 2011
  
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    New York Times: A Romp Into Theories of the Cradle of Life
    February 21, 2011
  
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    Tech News World: Weird Earthly Life-Form Means Rethinking the Hunt for ET
    February 21, 2011
  
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    MSNBC: Definition of life: Arsenic debate just won't die
    February 18, 2011
  
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    Yahoo! News: Vatican looks to heavens for signs of alien life
    November 10, 2009
  
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    Seed Magazine: What Life Leaves Behind
    November 9, 2009
  
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    Bloomberg News: X-Prize Effect
    November 6, 2009
  
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    EarthSky: Steven Benner: incremental step to artificial life
    April 27, 2009
  
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    Science Magazine (Origins blog): NESCent Symposium Covers Applied Evolution.
    February 26, 2009
  
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    The Economist: The lonely planet guide.
    February 19, 2009
  
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    MSNBC: Search for 'alien life' could start on Earth.
    February 17, 2009
  
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    Seed Magazine: Excitement and Caution at AAAS.
    February 17, 2009
  
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    FOX News: New Artificial DNA Points to Alien Life.
    February 16, 2009
  
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    Wired (blog): The Hunt for E.T. Comes Home — to Earth.
    February 15, 2009
  
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    Live Science: New Artificial DNA Points to Alien Life.
    February 14, 2009
  
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    EarthSky (kids): What would alien life look like?
    November 9, 2007
  
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    EarthSky: If we found alien life, would we know it?
    November 7, 2007
  
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    EarthSky: Searching space for "weird life".
    September 12, 2007
  
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    The New York Times: Expanded Search for Extraterrestrial Life Urged.
    July 6, 2007
  
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    The Planetary Society: Life on Mars, Venus, and Titan? Maybe.
    October 9, 2006