Life on Earth
Life’s building blocks are surprisingly stable in Venus-like conditions
Results suggest the clouds of Venus could be hospitable for some forms of life.
Scientists reveal how first cells could have formed on Earth
Understanding how primordial cells emerged during origin of life.
Potential origins of life uncovered in ancient hot springs
Research turns to ancient hot springs to explore the origins of life on Earth.
Exploring the existence of life at 125 degrees Fahrenheit
Several lineages of amoebae were often recovered from extremely high temperature environments.
No, oxygen didn’t catalyze the swift blossoming of Earth’s first multicellular organisms
Life on Earth didn’t arise as described in textbooks.
Scientists recreated and compared molecular languages at the origin of life
Two molecular languages at the origin of life have been successfully recreated and mathematically validated.
A unique microscopic toolkit for a new generation of bioelectronic devices
Pioneering study signals new era of environment-friendly programmable bioelectronics.
A new method to observe chemical reactions taking place in liquids
Why urea may have been the gateway to life?
Evidence found for the existence of the amino acid tryptophan in space
The temperature of the tryptophan is about 280 Kelvin, or 7 degrees Celsius.
A lost world of early ancestors discovered in billion-year-old rocks
It could change our understanding of our earliest ancestors.
Solar eruptions may have formed the first building blocks of life on Earth
A stormy, active Sun may have kickstarted life.
Study highlights how amino acids shaped the genetic code of ancient microorganisms
Scientists gain insights into how amino acids shaped the genetic code of ancient microorganisms.