Habitable Planets Will Most Likely be Cold, Dry “Pale Yellow Dots”

Integrating data from all continents and major biomes, we conservatively estimate 20 × 1015 (20 quadrillion) ants on Earth, with a total biomass of 12 megatons of dry carbon. This exceeds the combined biomass of wild birds and mammals and equals 20% of human biomass.

Most Extrasolar Earths Are Cold, Dry And Land-Dominated, Says New Research

Ultra-cold atoms help test fundamental theory of solids