Experiment may help explain the ‘most intriguing causal paradox in biology’ about how early life forms came together about 4 ...

When a bone grows, our bodies’ proteins help provide the structure. When a muscle tears, proteins help rebuild it. When we ...

Six scientists demonstrate in their laboratory that a sulfur compound could have been key to the appearance of the first ...

The origin of life on Earth has been mulled over by scientists for centuries. We now know that life’s building blocks are RNA, amino acids, and cells. But if life originated from the primordial ooze ...

"Sometimes people claim that abiogenesis probability is incredibly low and that the origin of life cannot be understood by science. I, as a scientist, dreamed to find a scientific explanation of ...

In a new study, researchers have found new clues suggesting that life may have first primarily depended on RNA, not DNA.

In a new book, astrophysicist Mario Livio describes how the existence of life on Earth can be traced back to an RNA-based “protocell.” The following is an excerpt from Is Earth Exceptional?: The Quest ...

Life, or at least self-replicating chemical reactions, could have emerged from the fundamental laws of physics, new research suggests.

Did life on Earth arrive from outer space or evolve from spontaneous interaction of simple molecules dissolved in the lakes or oceans of the prebiotic world? "It is beyond the realms of science to ...

Stanley Miller, the chemist whose landmark experiment published in 1953 showed how some of the molecules of life could have formed on a young Earth, left behind boxes of experimental samples that ...

The origin of life: Labyrinths as crucibles of life Date: January 27, 2015 Source: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München Summary: Water-filled micropores in hot rock may have acted as the ...